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Much of the structure of this parish church was erected in the 13th and 14th centuries but there have been a variety of later alterations, including changes made in the 19th century and the south aisle which was built in 1904. The walls are constructed mainly of granite rubble with ashlar dressing. It is a Grade II listed building.
The chancel floor is notable for housing the brass that commemorates Sir Thomas Walsh and his wife Katherine. This comprises the figures of the couple with a border that is the earliest surviving example of an English inscription for a high-status tomb monument. The inscription reads:
Palmer
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Wanlip is a small village and
Best Village Competition
for villages with a population under 500. To the south of Wanlip i
Wanlip Meadows
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civil parish
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in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire
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, with a population measured at 305 at the 2011 census. It is a countryside village, north of Birstall, and west of Watermead Country Park
The Watermead Country Park is a network of artificial lakes in the valley of the River Soar and the old Grand Union Canal, in and to the north of Leicester and in and to the south of the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire. The southern ...
and the River Soar
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. The A46 road
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runs directly past the village. Wanlip won the 2008 Leicester and RutlanBest Village Competition
for villages with a population under 500. To the south of Wanlip i
Wanlip Meadows
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Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust
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nature reserve. To the north is a Severn Trent
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It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Severn Trent, th ...
sewage treatment
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plant, serving a population of more than half a million. The Cedars Academy
The Cedars Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Birstall in the English county of Leicestershire.
History
The school opened in 1959 as the Longslade Grammar School, which became a comprehensive before 1966.
Lo ...
lies to the south at the edge of Birstall. To the east lies the 14 hectare Reedbed Local Nature Reserve, part of the Watermead Country Park
The Watermead Country Park is a network of artificial lakes in the valley of the River Soar and the old Grand Union Canal, in and to the north of Leicester and in and to the south of the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire. The southern ...
.
Wanlip is the site of a 132-metre-high wind turbine
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which went into operation at the end of 2013.Huge Wanlip wind turbine plan gets approval,
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...History
An Iron Age settlement was unearthed just to the north of Wanlip and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery was discovered during the building of Longslade School in 1958, One of the earliest mentions of Wanlip is in ''Domesday book
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'', where it is listed as Anelepe, among the lands given to Earl Aubrey''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.652 by the King
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
. The land described includes a mill. The Earl's son Aubrey de Vere II
Aubrey de Vere (''c.'' 1085 – May 1141) — also known as "Alberic sde Ver" and "Albericus ''regis camerarius''" (the king's chamberlain)— was the second of that name in England after the Norman Conquest, being the eldest surviving son of Aub ...
went on to become Lord Chancellor.
The surnames of the three families who have owned the manor over eight centuries are:
* Walsh 1230-1526
* Aston 1526-1626
* Palmer 1626-today
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce (24 August 175929 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becom ...
, the 19th century MP and leading abolitionist
Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people.
The British ...
, lived for some years at Wanlip Hall
Wanlip Hall was a large house in Wanlip near the English city of Leicester. It was the ancestral home of the Palmer family. The building was demolished before the Second World War.
History
There was a hall in Wanlip that came into the possession ...
.
There are four listed building
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s in Wanlip: a brick ice house, the church of Our Lady and St. Nicholas, Manor Farm and Hall Farm.
Church of Our Lady & St Nicholas
Much of the structure of this parish church was erected in the 13th and 14th centuries but there have been a variety of later alterations, including changes made in the 19th century and the south aisle which was built in 1904. The walls are constructed mainly of granite rubble with ashlar dressing. It is a Grade II listed building.
The chancel floor is notable for housing the brass that commemorates Sir Thomas Walsh and his wife Katherine. This comprises the figures of the couple with a border that is the earliest surviving example of an English inscription for a high-status tomb monument. The inscription reads:
“Here lyes Thomas Walssh knyght lorde of Anlep and dame Katine his wife whiche in her tyme made the kirke of Anlep and halud the kirkyerd first in Wurchip of god and of oure lady and seynt Nicholas that god have her soules and mercy anno domini millesimo CCC nonagesimo tercio .e. 1393”The memorial is the subject of a detailed article by
Nigel Saul
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, who commented that the church is a distinguished building incorporating motifs from the state apartments at Kenilworth Castle
Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England managed by English Heritage; much of it is still in ruins. The castle was founded during the Norman conquest of England; with development through to the Tudor pe ...
that had been commissioned by John of Gaunt
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, with whom Sir Thomas Walsh was closely connected.
In the churchyard is a substantial headstone with the following epitaph:
"Sacred to the memory of Rasselas Morjan, who was born at Macadi on the confines of Abyssinia and died at Wanlip Hall August 25th 1839 in the 19th year of his age. Rescued from a state of slavery in this life and enabled by God's grace to become a member of his Church he rests here in the hope of a greater deliverance hereafter. This stone is raised in remembrance of his blameless life by one whom he loved."
Palmer family
Wanlip is said to be unusual because in 1906 the land there was all owned by just one family - the Palmers. TheBaronetcy
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at Wanlip has been held by the (later named Palmer) family since 1791 when it was awarded to Charles Grave Hudson. Notable members of the family include the artist Caroline Harriet Abraham and her father Charles Thomas Hudson Palmer, 2nd Baronet.
Charles Palmer-Tomkinson
Charles Anthony Palmer-Tomkinson (born 4 January 1940) is an English landowner and philanthropist, a former Olympic Alpine skiing, skier, and a close friend of Charles III, King Charles III.
Landowner
The Palmer-Tomkinson family owns substantia ...
, father of socialite
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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
Tara Claire Palmer-Tomkinson (23 December 1971 – 8 February 2017), also known as T P-T, was an English socialite and television personality. She appeared in several television shows, including the reality programme '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me ...
, is a landowner in Wanlip and Birstall, responsible for the Hallam Fields development in next-door Birstall.
The current holder of the baronetcy is Sir John Edward Somerset Palmer, 8th baronet./ref>
References
External links
Leicestershire Parish Councils - Wanlip Village
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