History & Haunting of St Mary's parish church ,Hinckley
Hinckley is a market town in southwest Leicestershire, England.
St Mary's parish church in Hinckley was dedicated in the Middle Ages to the Assumption of Saint Mary the Virgin. This church building has stood on the site for almost nine hundred years, although there may well have been a church already on the site, as the remnants of an Anglo Saxon sun-dial is visible on the diagonal buttress on the south-east corner of the chancel. The church was built by William FitzOsbern, who came over with William the Conqueror.
According to local tradition, the gravestone of Richard Smith is said to 'sweat blood' on the anniversary of his murder.
St Mary's Church of Hinckley in Leicestershire is the last resting place of Richard Smith who was killed on 12th April 1727, aged 20 years old. Simeon Stayne was a recruiting Sergeant for the Army, he had come to Hinckley and stood outside the 'Pig and Whistle' along Regent Street, informing a crowd of potential new soldiers about the virtues of taking the King's shilling. When the Sergeant suggested that the George Inn (now the Bounty) was named after King George II, Richard started to heckle him and said that the George Inn was actually named the George and Dragon.
Richard would not stop with his comments, the Sergeant lost his temper and gave the crowd a demonstration in how to use a halberd in close quarter combat, it was at this point he struck Richard with the weapon and then left him lying on the floor in blood. Later on, Richard died of the wounds that the Sergeant had inflicted upon him; the Sergeant had now fled Hinckley.
Richard was buried near the Church wall of St Mary's Church during April 1727. Simeon Stayne was later arrested and sent to Leicester Assizes, which is where he received the sentence of death for murdering Richard Smith.
Upon Richard's gravestone is the following inscription:
A fatal Halbert his mortal Body slew
The murdering Hand God's vengeance will pursue
From shades Terrestrial, though Justice took her flight
Shall not the judge of all the Earth do right
Each Age and Sex his Innocence bemoans
And with sad sighs laments his dying Groans
The church itself is said to be home to phantom footsteps, believed to belong to a monk.
A Halberd (also called Halbard or Halbert) is a two-handed wooden pole with a combined spear point, axe and hook at one end. The Halberd had become a symbol of rank, it was carried by recruiting Sergeants of the British Army during the 18th Century. It was known that the Sergeants used the halberd to ensure that infantrymen drawn up in ranks stood correctly aligned with each other.
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The weather vane, 184 feet up on St Mary's church tower at Hinkley is a fine cockerel which dates back some 200 years. In 1993 a headline appeared in the local paper entitled “Sorry Cock”. At the time the church steeple was being renovated and somebody took advantage of scaffolding to steal the said weather vane. The vicar appealed for its return in the press and early one morning he found the weather vane on his doorstep and it had been newly painted. There was also a note of apology telling that it was all the result of a drunken prank.
Hinckley has a history going back to Anglo-Saxon times; the name Hinckley is Anglo Saxon: Hinck is someone's name and ley is a meadow. By the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, Hinckley was quite a large village, and grew over the following 200 years into a small market town—a market was first recorded there in 1311. There is evidence of an Anglo Saxon church – the remnants of an Anglo Saxon sun-dial being visible on the diagonal buttress on the south-east corner of the chancel.
In 2000, archaeologists from Northampton Archaeology discovered evidence of Iron Age and Romano-British settlement on land near Coventry Road and Watling Street.
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St Mary's Church, Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire
Video of St Mary's Church, Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire. Wiki says
The parish of Elmesthorpe has strong connections with King Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth. It is said that the now partially ruined 13th century church provided shelter for the officers of Richard's army on their march from Leicester to the Battle.[2]
The village became almost deserted from 1300--1850. However, a government initiative paid locals from Durham to relocate to Elmesthorpe.
St Mary's Church, Kempley (England)
Tour of St Mary's Church, Kempley - 18/10/17
Music by Josquin Des Prez
St Mary's Church, Kempley has in its chancel the most complete set of Romanesque frescos in northern Europe, including the Christ in Majesty painting created in about 1120. On the walls of the nave are further images, including a wheel of life, showing the life cycle of man. These are worked in tempera painted on dry lime mortar, unlike those in the chancel which are true frescoes.
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The Chimes of St Mary's, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK
Sunday 23rd October 2016, a sunny autumnal evening with the church spire bathed in sunlight. Following an 18-month restoration of the clock and its carillon, the chimes are once again ringing out over the town. Set in the key of D, the chimes sound particularly pleasing, especially when the carillon is in play (a device that plays tunes much like a music box).
Leicestershire: A Heritage at Risk
Hunting, hosiery, pork pies and cheese is what Leicestershire is best known for according, to this film produced in 1970 for the local branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, then known as the Council for the Protection of Rural England. Leicestershire may have been regarded as England's least known county, but historic landmarks and characterful villages have always made it ripe for discovery.
We’re able to bring this to you thanks to the Media Archive for Central England (MACE), which is the public screen archive for the East and West Midlands. MACE acquires, catalogues, preserves and makes widely available moving image materials that inform our understanding of the diverse cultures and histories of communities between the Lincolnshire coast and the Welsh border.
Town Centre, Hinckley, Leicestershire
Video of Hinckley Town Centre, Leicestershire.
Castle Mound and War Memorial, Hinckley, Leics
Video of the Castle Mound and war memorial in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Hinckley Castle was originally an 11th century earthwork motte and bailey fortress, founded by Hugh de Grantmesnil.
Places to see in ( Hinckley - UK )
Places to see in ( Hinckley - UK )
Hinckley is a market town in southwest Leicestershire, England. It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the second largest town in the administrative county of Leicestershire, after Loughborough.
Hinckley is situated approximately at the mid-point between the cities of Leicester and Coventry and is near to the larger town of Nuneaton in Warwickshire. Hinckley is situated approximately at the mid-point between the cities of Leicester and Coventry and is near to the larger town of Nuneaton in Warwickshire.
Hollycroft, Middlefield, and Wykin are suburbs of Hinckley. Burbage is often thought to be a suburb of Hinckley but is in fact separate. It is a large village merging with Hinckley to the south, separated by the railway line. Sketchley is another small village which has merged into Burbage.
The site of the Battle of Bosworth, administered by Leicestershire County Council, includes an interpretation centre at Ambion Hill, where Richard III encamped the night before the battle. Hinckley Museum is in a range of 17th-century timber-framed framework knitters' cottages. Stoke Golding has one of the most beautiful medieval churches in Leicestershire.
St Mary's Church, the Church of England parish church of the Assumption of Saint Mary the Virgin. Hollycroft Park was donated by the notable local Atkins family to the people of Hinckley in 1934, the park has two tennis courts, a bowling green, golf course, band stand and gardens.
Hinckley is served by the A5 and the M69. The M69 links Hinckley to the nearest cities, Coventry, and Leicester, and the M1 and M6 motorways. Hinckley Bus are the main operator of bus services within the town centre operating services to Leicester, Burbage, Earl Shilton, Nuneaton and Barwell from their depot. Hinckley railway station is on the Nuneaton–Leicester section of the Birmingham to Peterborough Line and has regular services between Birmingham and Leicester via Narborough and Nuneaton.
( Hinckley - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Hinckley . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Hinckley - UK
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Bellringers at St.Mary's Church Hinckley
A bell-ringing practice at St.Mary's Parish Church on a typical Monday evening 2014
St Marys Church - Radnage
Thanks to Andrew, Robert and Linda. Happy Christmas!
The Marina in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
Watching the ducks in the canal at Hinckley Marina, Leicestershire.
Market Day, Hinckley, Leicestershire
Friday Market in Hinckley
Hinckley Point Churches Cycle, St Mary The Virgin, Stringston, PART XIII, July 2012
Stringston was here long before the Normans and the church has been slowly constructed over the centuries--The cross in the churchyard is 15th c. and is a listed ancient monument.The Prior family are remembered with a family tomb and memorials.The tower is quite distinctive and was partially rebuilt in 1765 with Bath Stone--The 'Broach Spire' was added in 1879 when the whole church underwent extensive rebuilding.The stain-glass is very modern and was the work of John Baker of WSM. The transept built in the 18th c. contains memorials to the St Albyn family of Alfoxten House at Holford--John St Albyn died in 1708 age 85 and his memorial was inscribed in latin despite the introduction of English in the Common Prayer Book. The font is late medieval and pulpit 18th c...The information has been obtained from the leaflet in the church which refesr to the work of Dr Robert Dunning and Graham Whittle May 1993--revised 2005, 'A History of Somerset' and 'Christianity in Somerset'.....
St Nicholas Church, Frolesworth, Leicestershire
Video of St Nicholas Church, Frolesworth, Leicestershire. See also my video of Frolesworth village. For more details about the church including interior photo's see
St Mary's Church, Chalk
A breif fly around the church this morning..
WulfSport British Masters MX @ Mallory Park ,Hinckley ,Leicestershire.
Footage from this years 1st round of the
Wulfsport British Masters Motocross Championship
@ Mallory Park ,Hinckley ,Leicestershire .
13th & 14th of March 2010
Filmed & Edited
Dan Horne .
St Mary's Church, Greasley 08, 05, 16
St Mary's Church, Greasley 08, 05, 16
Just Imagine if Hinckley Leics. UK was by the Sea!
Hinckley is a great place but just imagine if it was by the sea! It would have two lovely beaches and you could go on a jazz cruise where you would be able to see splendid views of the coastline. Hope you enjoy this film. Also have a look at 'just imagine if Hinckley leics. was on the moon!
Fluffy bungee jumping
Fluffy the lovely pink amorf horsebag bungee jumps from the roof of St. Mary's church at the Hinckley Carnival.