Gaddesby
Coordinates: 52 ° 42 ′ N , 0 ° 58 ′ W
Gaddesby is a village in Leicestershire , England , south of Melton Mowbray and northeast of Leicester .
Gaddesby currently consists of 170 households and a population of nearly 450 people. Recent settlement construction has made the village a popular rural recreation area for Leicester.
history
The ending -by shows that Gaddesby was created as a settlement during the Danish occupation in the 9th century ( Danelag ). The ending -by means something like village or town. Gaddesby is mentioned as Gadesbi in the Domesday Book of 1086. According to the source, it is mainly a pastoral (i.e. rural) village with a mill.
St Lukes Church
The Sankt Lukas-Kirche (St. Luke's Church) was originally built as a Norman church, i.e. a simple room with a tower. It had been part of the Soke (i.e., the judicial district) of "Rothley" since the 10th century. The two side corridors, the north and the south, the tower and the pulpit were added in the 13th century and elaborately worked out in the following 200 years. The church is reputed to have some of the finest examples of 14th century stone carving in the country. They adorn the Knights Templar Chapel on the outside of the southwest corner. The oak benches in the central nave are probably from the 15th century and the limestone baptismal font is dated to 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 industry in East Leicestershire. Indeed, from the 14th century onwards, it had a weekly market and an annual fair. When the woolen industry declined and the western half of the country gained importance during the Industrial Revolution , Gaddesby regressed to a rural, backward village.
Gaddesby Hall
Gaddesby Hall, a manor house, was built on the site of a previous mansion called Paske Hall. Paske Hall, was surrounded by a moat and is dated to 1390. This old mansion was demolished in 1744 and the current mansion was built. The houses in the village formed part of the Gaddesby Hall estate. Over the years the mansion has had a variety of owners including the Nedham, Ayre, and Cheney families; all of them are remembered in the Church. The estate was put up for sale in 1917, at which time the celebrated statue of "Colonel Cheney" was brought to Saint Luke. After suffering neglect and after being used by the American Armed Force during World War II, the mansion was reduced in size during the 1950s.
particularities
- The village has many springs and two water pumps can still be found on Chapel Lane (a small street).
- Located at the corner of Chapel Lane and Cross Street a big boulder, "the blue stone" (the blue stone) ; it marks a place where John Wesley presumably preached. The Methodist Chapel was demolished in 1966.
- Many listed and many older houses, including former hunting lodges , still exist. An old windmill has also been preserved near the place.
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Bartels, Bernhard; Röhr, Heinz: The English Companion's Modern Grammar, Frankfurt am Main 1984, p. 263
