ALL SAINTS, HARBY
All Saints, Harby is a Grade II listed building, achieving the status on 17 October 1984. Also Grade II listed are the churchyard wall, railings and gate.
All Saints was built by John Thomas Lee of London between 1874-1877, replacing a much older and dilapidated church on the same site.
The church is built of Lincoln Heath limestone with Ancaster stone dressings and early C21 roof tiles.
There is an aisleless nave, chancel, north vestry and a three stage tower to the south, opposite the vestry.
The east round-headed door on the north vestry is C12th and re-used from the old church.
The ten stop organ, originally manual, but long since converted to electricity has exposed pipes decorated by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.
The late C15th octagonal font was also saved from the old church.
The five bells were cast by Taylor's of Loughborough in 1877.
Harby is most famous for being the place in 1290 were Queen Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I died. A cross stands in the churchyard to commemorate this. It is also the first cross on the line of her funeral cortege to Westminster. This is covered excellently by another geocaching series by Tentmantent, the first cache of which is just outside the church.
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THE CACHE
You are looking for a Major who was awarded an M.B.E. He died AB C DEFG.
The cache can be found at:
N 53 13.(F-C) (B+D) A
W 000 40.E (A+G) C
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