All Saints
Dunton Bassett
Leicestershire

LE17 5JY

All Saints, Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
All Saints, Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
All Saints, Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Who we are

Who are we?

A group of six Church of England churches serving eight communities.
We are situated to the north west of Lutterworth on the Leicestershire /Warwickshire border.

The church buildings are located in the villages of:
Ashby Parva, Claybrooke Parva, Dunton Bassett, Frolesworth, Leire and Wibtoft.

St Peter's Claybrooke Parva is also the Parish church of the adjacent villages of:
Claybrooke Magna and Ullesthorpe.

The churches are part of the Diocese of Leicester.

Street Address

Church Lane
Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire LE17 5JY
United Kingdom
Phone: 01455 209 541

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Church Pastor

The Revd Carol Mary Brennand
Incumbent
Church Lane
Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire LE17 5JY
United Kingdom
Phone: (01455) 208878

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Isaiah 53:4

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

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The Revd Carol Mary Brennand
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All Saints Dunton Bassett Service Times

Upper Soar Benefice: February 2018

Service Times

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Sunday 4th February – Second before Lent

8.00am St Peter’s Claybrooke Holy Communion

9.30am All Saints Dunton Bassett Holy Communion

10.00am St Anne’s Frolesworth New Morning

11.15am St Peter’s Leire Holy Communion

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Tuesday 6th February

9.00am St Anne’s Frolesworth Morning Prayer

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Wednesday 7th February

10.00am St Anne’s Frolesworth Holy Communion

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Sunday 11th February – Next before Lent

8.30am St Mary’s Wibtoft Holy Communion

9.30am All Saints Dunton Bassett Quiet Prayer

10.00am St Peter’s Claybrooke New Morning

11.00am St Peter’s Ashby Parva Holy Communion

6.30pm St Anne’s Frolesworth Evensong

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Tuesday 13th February

9.00am St Anne’s Frolesworth Morning Prayer

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Wednesday 14th February – Ash Wednesday

7.30pm All Saints Dunton Bassett Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes

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Sunday 18th February – Lent 1

8.00am St Anne’s Frolesworth Holy Communion

9.30am All Saints Dunton Bassett Holy Communion

10.00am St Peter’s Ashby Parva Sing Sunday

10.00am St Peter’s Claybrooke Morning Service

11.15am St Peter’s Leire Holy Communion

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Tuesday 20th February

9.00am St Anne’s Frolesworth Morning Prayer

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Wednesday 21st February

10.00am St Anne’s Frolesworth Matins

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Sunday 25th February – Lent 2

8.00am St Peter’s Ashby Parva Holy Communion

9.30am All Saints Dunton Bassett Quiet Prayer

10.00am St Peter’s Claybrooke Holy Communion

6.30pm St Anne’s Frolesworth Evensong

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Tuesday 27th February

9.00am St Anne’s Frolesworth Morning Prayer

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Friday 2nd March

10.00am All Saints Dunton Bassett Women’s World Day of Prayer

7.00pm Congregational Church Ullesthorpe Women’s World Day of Prayer

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Sunday 4th March – Lent 3

8.00am St Peter’s Claybrooke Holy Communion

9.30am All Saints Dunton Bassett Holy Communion

10.00am St Anne’s Frolesworth New Morning

11.15am St Peter’s Leire Holy Communion

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Tuesday 6th March

9.00am St Anne’s Frolesworth Morning Prayer

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Wednesday 7th March

10.00am St Anne’s Frolesworth Holy Communion

Service Times last updated on the 16th of February, 2018


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All Saints, Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
All Saints, Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
All Saints, Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire, United Kingdom



All Saints History

All Saints History

All Saints Church - 800 Years of History

All Saints' Church was founded in 1180 by Lady Geva Ridel, a very wealthy person. The site is believed to have been occupied by a Saxon church, there is certainly reference to a Saxon Tower but that may have been a lookout point. Just below the church, where the present War Memorial is sited, was a spring and the area was populated in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.

Lady Geva Ridel was the wife of Geoffrey Ridel, one of King Henry I's 'new men'. Geoffrey was part of the King's army of followers fighting in France in 1120 and was drowned when returning from the successful battles in what is known as the White Ship disaster. Many Royalty and Noblemen were drowned when the ship was rowed into rocks in darkness by the drunken crew.

Lady Geva Ridel never re-married but founded Canwell Priory and gave land and funds to build the church which was largely re-built in the 15th century.

A Browse Through the Church Yard

A graveyard can provide a fascinating insight into the social and religious lives of former inhabitants if we can interpret the clues which can still be seen. Dunton was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 and the Christian church was, for centuries, an integral part of a local community. Hundreds of bones lie beneath the ground because then, as now, all residents in the Parish have a right to be buried in the church yard regardless of their religious beliefs. So many burials over hundreds of years and limited ground space, explains the appearance of many churches to have sunk into the surrounding land. In fact the land around the church has been raised by the addition of so much material over the centuries.

Church burial records reveal only names and ages of former parishioners but additional information can be gathered from those gravestones that still exist. The earliest gravestone dated 1671, is small, inscribed ‘Richard Hickson, Gent’ which would in those days have signified wealth and standing in the community.

Swithland slate memorial stone inscriptions can still be clearly read. Many have classical biblical symbols of mortality and resurrection; an urn, an hourglass together with a cross, a tomb and implements associated with the crucifixion. Graves were often clustered in family groups, frequently with a eulogy of the deceased and a biblical quotation.

But information on gravestones also revealed a darker aspect to family life. Parents lost many children through disease and poor sanitation. Women died during child birth and widowers had to seek second and even third wives to bring up their children. Yet, others thrived and lived to a ripe old age, though accidents cut short many young lives. One memorial tells of a tragic event when two men from Leire fell down a well and were killed. The growing popularity of cremations could mean that the churchyard will look very different in years to come.


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