Visitors Book - St James the Greater - Dadlington, Leicestershire - Guest Books on Waymarking.com

A visitors book in St James' church, Dadlington. This book was started in March 2015, to coincide with the visit of the cortege of Richard III on his re-interment at Leicester Cathedral following the rediscovery of his remains in 2012.

22nd March 2015 - The people of Dadlington are proud and honoured to be part of this historic, royal occasion.

"There has been a church on the high ground, north west of The Green, since the thirteenth century. Although there is little of the original remaining, the building having been restored on a number of occasions,the layout has probably not changed much at all.

There is a small bell turret at the western end, reconstructed in 1890, that replaced an oak shingle belfry or dove-cote, thought to be unique in Leicestershire at the time. There are two bells, but records show the church paying rent to the vicar of Hinckley in 1209 for having a bell three times a week.
The Leicester Chronicle, in 1886, reported that, "Skeletons and broken fragments of rusty armour still frequently obstruct the peasant's plough, and the old churchyard has known many ghastly re-interments of the poor soldiers remains."

There is a small permanent exhibition on the links with the battle on display in the church, which is open most days."

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Date Guest Book Was Started: 03/19/2015 Location Type: Attraction/Business Owners Name: Not listed Nearest Parking Spot: Not Listed

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