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St. Leonard's Churchyard

Thorpe Langton, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England

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Get directions Church Lane, Thorpe Langton, Market Harborough
Thorpe Langton, Harborough District, Leicestershire LE16 7TR England

Coordinates: 52.52471, -0.91041
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"Four miles north of Market Harborough is the small village of Thorpe Langton, which means 'long town' from the Anglo-Saxon.
There was no burial ground until late in the 19th century, as the rights of burial remained with the mother church. In 1832 the villagers petitioned the archdeacon that the yard in which the chapel stood should be consecrated. After a restoration in 1868 by Joseph Goddard the reopening was reported by the Leicester Chronicle and Leicestershire Mercury where it was stated (15th Aug 1868) that the churchyard was not at that time used for burials and the question was asked, 'why might not this ground be consecrated and used for burial…?'. The earliest memorial is dated 1875 some 43 years after the petition to the archdeacon."
Text from https://www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk

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