Chapel of the Holy Rood, Bagworth explained

Chapel of the Holy Rood, Bagworth
Dedication:Holy Rood
Denomination:Church of England
Parish:Bagworth, Leicestershire
Archdeaconry:Loughborough
Diocese:Leicester
Rector:Andrew Smith[1]
Pastor:Simon Nicholls[2]

The Chapel of the Holy Rood was a Church of England chapel in Bagworth, Leicestershire. It closed in 2013 to worship and was demolished in 2019. Now, a war memorial garden occupies the site of the church with the graveyard and some remnants of the church still visible.[3] [4] The congregation and church now meets at the nearby Bagworth Community Centre.[5]

History

The chapel was a dependent chapelry of St Peter's Church, Thornton. It was described, in 1848, as having walls dating from 1637 and having a Saxon door. The entire church, except the tower, was rebuilt in 1873.[6] The church was demolished in 1968.

The new chapel was square and consisted of a raised altar, nave, lobby, two aisles and a separate tower, which contained two bells. Some remains of the earlier Norman church could be seen in the walls. The font survived from the earlier building.[7] The site was demolished in 2019 after being left unused since 2013.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holy Rood, Bagworth. www.achurchnearyou.com. 26 August 2021. 21 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200921205014/https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/33200/. live.
  2. Web site: Holy Rood - Bagworth, Leics | Church of England Church near me. Churches near me.
  3. Web site: 2012-04-08 . Bagworth Church Leicestershire Holy Rood Leicestershire & Rutland Church Journal . 2022-05-30 . www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk . en-US.
  4. Web site: Bagworth War Memorial, Bagworth & Thornton - 1464881 Historic England . 2022-05-30 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
  5. Web site: Holy Rood Bagworth Junction 22 . 2022-05-30 . live-site . en.
  6. Web site: Genuki: Bagworth, Leicestershire. www.genuki.org.uk. 26 August 2021. 17 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210117094445/https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI/Bagworth. live.
  7. Web site: Bagworth Church Leicestershire Holy Rood | Leicestershire & Rutland Church Journal. 8 April 2012. www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk. 26 August 2021. 26 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126221042/https://www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/bagworth-church-holy-rood/. live.

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