Gaddesby

52.7 - 0.966667Koordinaten: 52 ° 42 'N, 0 ° 58 ' W

Gaddesby is a village in Leicestershire, England, south of Melton Mowbray and north-east of Leicester.

Currently there Gaddesby from 170 households and a population of nearly 450 people. Due to recent settlement, the village became a popular rural recreation area for Leicester.

History

At the ending- by can be seen that Gaddesby was an urban settlement during the Danish occupation in the 19th century. The ending -by means as much as the city. Gaddesby mention of 1086 as Gadesbi in the Domesday Book; it is mainly a pastoral (ie peasant ) village with a mill.

St Lukes Church

The St. Luke 's Church (St. Luke 's Church ) was originally built as a Norman church, so a simple room with a tower. She was from the 10th century part of the søkes (ie the judicial district ) of " Rothley ". The two side aisles, the north and south, the tower and chancel were added in the 13th century and worked out elaborately in the following 200 years. The church has to have a reputation for some of the finest examples of stone carvings of the 14th century in the country. They decorate the Knights Templar Chapel on the outside of the southwest corner. The oak benches in the nave are probably from the 15th century and the kalksteinerne font is dated 1320.

The size of the church shows the importance of the village during its development period. Gaddesby initially grew because of the importance of the woolen cloth industry in East Leicestershire. In fact, it was from the 14th century to a weekly market and an annual fair. When the woolen cloth industry prostrate went and won the western half of the country during the Industrial Revolution in importance to Gaddesby developed back to a rural, backward village.

Gaddesby Hall

Gaddesby Hall, a mansion was built on the site of a former manor house called Paske Hall. Paske Hall was surrounded by a moat and is dated to the year 1390. This old mansion was demolished in 1744 and the present mansion was built. The houses in the village formed part of the estate of Gaddesby Hall. Over the years the manor house had a variety of owners, including Nedham, Ayre and Cheney families; all of them is thought in the Church. The estate was released for sale in 1917, at that time, then the celebrated statue of "Colonel Cheney " was brought to Luke Stankt. After suffered neglect and after the use by the American Armed Force during the Second World War, the mansion was reduced during the 1950s in size.

Notable Features

The village has many sources, and there are still two water pumps in the Chapel Lane ( a small road ) to find. There is a large boulder, " the blue stone " ( the blue stone) On the corner of Chapel Lane and Cross Street; it marks a point from which probably John Wesley preached. The Methodist chapel was demolished in 1966.

Many a listed and many older homes, including former hunting lodges ( hunting lodges ), still exist. An old windmill has been preserved near the place.