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All Saints' Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Husbands Bosworth

Historical Forms

  • Church (All Saints) 1846,1863,1877 White 1925 Kelly
  • ecclesiam de Bareswortha a.1219 RHug
  • ecclesiam de Barswurth 1238 RGros
  • ecclesie de Barisworth 1220 MHW
  • ecclesie de Boresworth 1348,1367,1401 Pat
  • ecclesiarum de Boresworthe alias Husbandes Boresworthe (et Lyndebye) 1556 ib
  • the Church 1601 Terrier
  • the Churchyard 1606,1625,1638,1724 ib

Etymology

, Church (All Saints )1846, 1863, 1877 White,1925 Kelly; it is earlier recorded as ecclesiam de Bareswortha a.1219RHug, ecclesiam de Barswurth 1238 RGros, ecclesie de Barisworth 1220 MHW,ecclesie de Boresworth 1348, 1367, 1401Pat , ecclesiarum de Boresworthe alias Husbandes Boresworthe (et Lyndebye )1556ib , the Church 1601Terrier . Note also the Churchyard 1606, 1625, 1638, 1724ib , v. churchyerd .