St Peter's in the Rushes, Rempstone, Nottinghamshire
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N 52° 49.135 W 001° 09.696
30U E 623885 N 5853710
The first church in Rempstone, St Peter in the Rushes, was dismantled, and the materials used to build the new All Saints' church in 1773. All that remains now are a few lonely gravestones and a couple of tombs
Waymark Code: WMH7CY
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/03/2013
Views: 15
The first church in Rempstone, St Peter in the Rushes, stood approximately half a mile (1 km) north-east of the present village near the Sheepwash Brook next to a moated Manor House now a fishing lake, a Holy spring is also at this location. An archaeological dig, 1960–1962, revealed the foundations of a 12th century tower with square buttresses. Earthworks near the brook indicate the original site of the village.
The present church, All Saints' Church, Rempstone, was built mainly from the materials of the old church and was consecrated by the Archbishop of York in 1773. About 20 headstones mark the site of the original churchyard and during the last 200 years of this church there were approximately 950 burials including that of six former Rectors of Rempstone.
Earliest Burial: Not listed
Latest Burial: Not listed
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