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'''Oaks in Charnwood''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of scattered houses in the [[England|English]] county of [[Leicestershire]] within the [[Charnwood Forest]]. It is the site of a [[campsite]] for [[Scouts]]. |
'''Oaks in Charnwood''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of scattered houses in the [[England|English]] county of [[Leicestershire]] within the [[Charnwood Forest]]. It is the site of a [[campsite]] for [[Scouts]]. |
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The church, erected in 1815 and consecrated on the day of Waterloo, was rebuilt and enlarged in 1883, it is of forest stone in the Early English style. A particularly interesting feature is a collection of French lances mounted on the north wall of the church, said to have been retrieved from the field at Waterloo,<ref>North West Leicestershire, Official Guide.</ref> |
The church, erected in 1815 and consecrated on the day of Waterloo, was rebuilt and enlarged in 1883, it is of forest stone in the Early English style and has an embattled western tower with a small pyramid roof. A particularly interesting feature is a collection of French lances mounted on the north wall of the church, said to have been retrieved from the field at Waterloo,<ref>North West Leicestershire, Official Guide.</ref> |
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The church was formerly part of a united benefice with Saint Peter's, Copt Oak. Today, it is linked with the church of Saint Botolph, Shepshed.<ref> http://www.shepshedandoaks.co.uk</ref> |
The church was formerly part of a united benefice with Saint Peter's, Copt Oak. Today, it is linked with the church of Saint Botolph, Shepshed.<ref> http://www.shepshedandoaks.co.uk</ref> |
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Oaks in Charnwood is a hamlet of scattered houses in the English county of Leicestershire within the Charnwood Forest. It is the site of a campsite for Scouts.
The church, erected in 1815 and consecrated on the day of Waterloo, was rebuilt and enlarged in 1883, it is of forest stone in the Early English style and has an embattled western tower with a small pyramid roof. A particularly interesting feature is a collection of French lances mounted on the north wall of the church, said to have been retrieved from the field at Waterloo,[1]
The church was formerly part of a united benefice with Saint Peter's, Copt Oak. Today, it is linked with the church of Saint Botolph, Shepshed.[2]
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Oaks in Charnwood is located in and is part of the Civil Parish of Charley in North West Leicestershire. The center of this small hamlet is the Church of St. James the Greater. The Parochial Parish of the Oaks in Charnwood extends to the north of the Charley CP boundary into the Shepshed CP and has recently been amalgamated with the Parochial Parish of the Church of St. Botolph in Shepshed. The hamlet of "The Oaks" as it is locally known has no defined boundary and the number of houses it contains is open to discussion. It could be argued that there are as few as seven or just over a dozen.
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- ^ North West Leicestershire, Official Guide.
- ^ http://www.shepshedandoaks.co.uk