St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford

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St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford
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St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford,
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St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford
Location in Leicestershire
52°56′37″N0°48′00″W / 52.9435°N 0.8001°W / 52.9435; -0.8001
OS grid reference SK 807 391
Location Bottesford, Leicestershire
CountryEngland
Denomination Anglican
Website St Mary, Bottesford
History
Status Parish church
Dedication Saint Mary the Virgin
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated1 January 1968
Architect(s) Sharpe and Paley
(1847–48 restoration)
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic
Administration
Diocese Leicester
Archdeaconry Leicester
Deanery Framland
Parish Bottesford
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd F. P. R. J. Connell

St Mary the Virgin's Church is in the village of Bottesford, Leicestershire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Framland, the archdeaconry of Leicester and the diocese of Leicester. Its benefice is united with those of eight local parishes. [1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. [2]

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History

Sometimes known as the "Lady of the Vale", it is a large church which has the 2nd highest spire in Leicestershire (at 212 feet).[ citation needed ] The oldest part of the church dates from the 12th century, with additions and alterations made during the following three centuries, [3] including the nave and spire in the 15th century. There are two gargoyles on the south transept. The chancel was rebuilt in the 17th century to accommodate the monuments of the Manners family, earls (later dukes) of Rutland, which completely fill it. [4] The monuments include work by Caius Gabriel Cibber and Gerard Johnson the elder. One of the Rutland tombs is famous for its inscription, which attributes two family deaths to witchcraft by the Witches of Belvoir. [5]

A number of restorations were carried out during the 19th century. [2] The restoration in 1847–48 was carried out by the Lancaster partnership of Sharpe and Paley. This involved restoring the nave, aisles, and transepts, replacing the seating and the roofs of the aisles, removing the gallery, inserting the tower screen, adding new pinnacles, reflooring the church and replacing windows. This cost £2,235 (equivalent to £280,000 in 2023), [6] towards which the Duke of Rutland gave £600, the Revd F. J. Norman gave £550, and a grant of £110 was received from the Incorporated Church Building Society. [7]

A headstone to Thomas Parker and a table tomb in the churchyard are both Grade II listed, as are the gate piers and gates to the churchyard to the north. The churchyard contains war graves of fifteen Commonwealth service (mainly Royal Air Force) personnel, five from the First World War and ten from the Second World War. [8]

Rectors of Bottesford

Organ

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Organ in St Mary's Church, Bottesford

A pipe organ was built by Forster and Andrews and opened on 11 October 1859 by Henry Farmer. [15] It was modified by Wadsworth in 1892. In 1995 Norman Hall and Sons installed a second-hand organ by T.C. Lewis from St Hugh’s Church, Southwark. It comprises 2 manuals and pedals and has 15 speaking stops. [16]

Organists

Burials

One of the many monuments in the chancel St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford altar window.jpg
One of the many monuments in the chancel

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