Chapel of the Holy Rood, Bagworth | |
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Denomination | Church of England |
History | |
Dedication | Holy Rood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Leicester |
Archdeaconry | Loughborough |
Parish | Bagworth, Leicestershire |
Clergy | |
Rector | Andrew Smith [1] |
Pastor(s) | 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]
The chapel was a dependent chapelry of St Peter's Church, Thornton. [6] It was described, in 1848, as having walls dating from 1637 and having a Saxon door. [6] The entire church, except the tower, was rebuilt in 1873. [7] [8] 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. [9] The site was demolished in 2019 after being left unused since 2013.
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