Kibworth Museum - History of Kibworth - Kibworth Village

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Jubilee 2012

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5206 The Kibworth villages staged a number of events to celebrate the the Queen's Diamond jubille.

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St Wilfrid’s Church history: part 3 recent years (1902 - present)
Many local people still remember Canon Edward Fletcher (1902-1933). The antics of his dozen-ish children will also be remembered as they ‘terrorised’ the village for a generation (including air-gun attacks…

in Contemporary
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St Wilfrid’s Church history: part 2 middle years (1660 - 1902)
After the Puritan period of John Yaxley (Rector, 1654-1660), Kibworth became a centre of Protestant dissent. In 1669, a 200 member conventicle (or clandestine religious meeting) of Presbyterians and Independents…

in Modern
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St Wilfrid’s Church history: part 1 early years (1220-1660)
The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester by John Nicholls, Volume II, part II, and published in 1798 gives some fascinating stories about the Gartree Hundred area of…

in Medieval
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