Rab led sixteen of us on this 7-mile walk past three Leicestershire halls, at Quenby, Lowesby and Baggrave, all set in rolling parkland. The walk also passed the sites of four medieval villages , now no more than a series of bumps and depressions in fields. There are many such sites in the East Midlands most of which have become deserted through a combination of epidemics and the spread of sheep farming which required fewer workers than arable farming.
Paul took a slightly different route in December 2019 but in the opposite direction which went closer to Quenby Hall.
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| St John the Baptist, Hungarton - the start |
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| Setting off along Church Street, Hungarton |
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| Quenby Hall is a Jacobean house in parkland. It is described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as "the most important early-seventeenth century house in the county ". The Hall is Grade I listed, and the park and gardens Grade II, by English Heritage |
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| Quenby Hall |
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| All Saints Church, Lowesby |
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| Lowesby Hall, a large Grade II* Georgian mansion |
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| Baggrave Hall, an 18th-century Grade II listed country house |
