Withcote

Withcote
Withcote

 Withcote shown within Leicestershire
Parish Withcote
Shire county Leicestershire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MARKET HARBOROUGH
Postcode district LE
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Harborough
List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire

Withcote is a small parish comprising a number of scattered dwellings in Harborough ( /ˈhɑrbrə/), a local government district of Leicestershire.

Contents

Buildings

Withcote Hall (pictured left)[1] is on English Heritage's Heritage at risk register[2].

The Tudor chapel, (pictured left) adjoins the Hall and is protected by the Churches Conservation Trust[3] and contains some stained glass attributed to Galeon Hone; a glazier to Henry VIII.

Sauvey Castle[4], an early medieval ringwork and bailey castle and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, is also in this parish.[5]

Close by is Launde Abbey which contains the Tudor monument to Gregory Cromwell, son of Thomas, who dissolved the monastery and built himself a mansion there.

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ Withcote Hall, Flickr, accessed March 2009
  2. ^ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/HAR_East_Midlands_Acc.pdf
  3. ^ Withcote Chapel, VisitChuches.org, accessed March 2009
  4. ^ http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English%20sites/1782.html The Gatehouse gazateer of medieval fortifications in England and Wales
  5. ^ "Sauvey Castle". Pastscape.org.uk. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=321118. Retrieved 2009-03-26. 
  6. ^ Biography of Henry Smith, regicide British Civil Wars website

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Withcote Withcote] at Wikimedia Commons