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St Helen's Church has a maximum length of 41.70 metres (136.8 ft) and is aligned at 25° north of east. The majority of
English churches have an alignment within a few degrees of east, so this is an exceptionally large deviation from the norm. The sandstone church has a large, mainly 15th-century
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awarded £648,300 to the St Helen's
Heritage Project. The grant was to finance a three-year project to build a Heritage Centre opposite the south side of the church. When completed, the Heritage Centre will have a display area, kitchen, rooms for hire and a garden. The church plans to have trained
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The Lady Chapel contains a wall memorial to Arthur
Hildersham and a painted wooden bust of Margery Wright, who died in 1623. The inscription below records that she had given £43 (equivalent to £10,000 in 2023) to provide gowns for the old and needy of the town. The Chapel of St Michael and All
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and improvements were made to the
Hastings Chapel. The cost of these works has been estimated as between £16,000 and more than £18,000 (equivalent to £2,263,300 in 2023). Later developments included the expenditure of £13,000 (equivalent to £284,800 in 2023) between 1963 and 1968 to combat
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The arch gateway at the western end of the churchyard bears a skull and crossbones at the top of each pillar. The memorials in the churchyard are mainly dated 1750–1850, and most are lined against the churchyard's south wall or are flush with the ground. Some show fine carving, commensurate with
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on the south side which was rediscovered and repaired in 2000. The masonry shows that it was built at the same time as that part of the tower. The tower holds a ring originally of eight bells; the earliest dates back to 1571, but was recast in 1849, and all eight bells were repaired by
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led to the transfer of the patronage to
Francis Hastings, the 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, and it remained with the Hastings family until 1931, passing then to John G. Shields and his descendants. The names of the vicars are known back to Roger in 1200.
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Francis Ashe in 1654, provided for weekly lectures in the church by a "godly, orthodox and ordained minister". This was later amended to allow for at least one lecture each year. Twentieth-century lecturers include
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window and west doorway, and contains a spiral stairway to the bell and clock chambers and the roof. The chancel is adjoined by the former north chapel (now the vestry) on one side and the
Hastings Chapel, set
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are higher on the corbels of the west window. The clerestory and the wooden roofs of the nave and south inner aisle are 15th century, but the rest of the lead-clad roofing dates from the
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branch which opened in 1893. Its most recent restorations were in 1935 and 1955. It has three manuals and a pedalboard, and is described on the
National Pipe Organ Register as being of an "unusual" type.
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donated by Leonard Piddocke, High Bailiff of Leicester, in 1733. It is surmounted by a brass dove and was made by William Parsons of London. Some of the branches were stolen in 1776, but soon recovered.
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The church had much stained glass in 1622 that disappeared during the Reformation. The current eleven coloured glass windows on the north, west and south sides of the church were erected in 1879 by
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on its northern wall. The nave is significantly wider than it is long, and has four bays with medieval inner north and south aisles and 19th-century outer aisles. The Hastings Chapel, chancel and
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to keep pigs out of the churchyard. Rich crimson hangings in the church had earlier attracted the attention of a thief. The increasing congregation led to the replacement of the
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in 1950, recognising it as a building of exceptional interest. It is important not only for the medieval structures that remain, but also for its monuments and fittings. The
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is a rare item, once seen as a humane form of punishment. The church has a long association with the Hastings family, its patrons for four centuries, and became a centre for
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were made by Earp in 1878–1880. The font is carved from a single block of stone and decorated on each face with Christian symbols, and rests on red granite pillars on a
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also made by an Ashby craftsman, John Staley, is also of high quality. There is a Royal Arms from the reign of Charles II high on the west wall of the nave. The
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aisles. St Helen's Church has some ancient stained glass at the east end, and the Victorian windows on the nave and towers form a coherent narrative of the life of
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date from the 14th century, but the church was rebuilt and enlarged by William Hastings in 1474, at the same time that he erected the tower of his nearby
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base. The pulpit is similarly supported to match the font. A second, smaller font with a panelled stem is in the southwestern corner of the nave.
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that suggests that it had about 100 inhabitants in 1086, and subsequently grew in importance under its La Zouch and Hastings lords, notably
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and the construction of galleries down both sides of the building in 1829, but a more extensive rebuilding was undertaken in 1878–80, by
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of St Helen's Church, including the right to nominate the vicar, was owned by Lilleshall Abbey until 1508, when it passed to the
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commercial success. They include the memorials of French-born wine merchant Jean Gaudin and the Litherland brothers, founders of
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marks on the stonework. The church may have been fortified as part of the defences of the castle, a
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1434:"Ashby-de-la-Zouch:I.—Architectural Notes on the Church"
1482:"The orientation of early medieval churches in England"
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List of vicars of St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
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of uncertain date made by Kirkland of London at their
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Church of England church buildings in Leicestershire
1630:"Chandeliers in Leicestershire and Rutland Churches"
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The nave and galleries prior to the 1878 restoration
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at the same time that he converted his neighbouring
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1523:"Churches face East, don't they?"
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1979:Rambles in St Helen's Churchyard
1395:"St. Helen's, Ashby de la Zouch"
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2018:The English Reformation Revised
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1094:Holy Trinity, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
2105:The Story of Ashby-de-la-Zouch
1977:Abney-Hastings, Peter (2002).
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1805:Scott (1907) pp. 288, 292–295.
1628:Sherlock, Robert (1979–1980).
1050:Dissolution of the Monasteries
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2123:Williams, Richard H. (1980).
2039:The Book of Ashby-de-la-Zouch
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368:, pulpit and carved heads by
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2112:West, John Ebenezer (1899).
1703:National Pipe Organ Register
1677:National Pipe Organ Register
1222:Elliott, L; Webb, P (2013).
1033:by an unknown artist at the
980:Francis Hastings (died 1595)
777:Lavers, Barraud and Westlake
553:The nave and chancel in 2014
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2014:Haigh, Christopher (1987).
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2077:Parish church architecture
1986:Braddick, Michael (2009).
1897:"St Helen's Church, Ashby"
1823:Williams (1980) pp. 19–20.
1573:Williams (1980) pp. 12–15.
1403:Retrieved 21 October 2014.
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2037:Hillier, Kenneth (1984).
1951:Heritage officer (2016).
1850:Cross (1966) pp. 141–142.
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1784:Scott (1907) pp. 327–328.
1754:Scott (1907) pp. 330–333.
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1585:Scott (1907) pp. 317–326.
1320:Hillier (1984) pp. 22–23.
1282:Haigh (1987) pp. 119–121.
1212:Scott (1907) pp. 307–308.
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272:Rev Canon Mary E Gregory
2075:Nye, Thelma M. (1965).
1859:Scott (1907) pp. 96–97.
1366:Clark, Gregory (2017).
753:Grade I listed building
193:Grade I listed building
2005:Cross, Claire (1966).
1841:Braddick (2009) p. 75.
1653:Williams (1980) p. 10.
1561:Williams (1980) p. 25.
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2107:. London: White Lion.
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1662:Williams (1980) p. 6.
1330:Pemberton, W (1989).
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1521:Hinton, Ian (2007).
1401:. Church of England.
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1072:during the reign of
1062:Ashby Grammar School
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232:Diocese of Leicester
189:Heritage designation
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2103:Scott, W. (1975) .
2079:. London: Batsford.
1990:. London: Penguin.
1871:"Ashby and Breedon"
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1399:A church near you
1291:Nye (1965) p. 71.
1078:Arthur Hildersham
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458:Ashby-de-la-Zouch
440:Hastings Chapel;
390:Arthur Hildersham
315:Ashby-de-la-Zouch
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