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Services in the Langtons

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Welcome to Autumn

Come along and celebrate the season of Autumn. This beautiful season is the time of the year of migration and hibernation. The nights draw in and we prepare for winter. November includes All Souls. Two Remembrance services at Church Langton and Stonton Wyville.

Service Rota

October           6th        Communion                6.00pm Thorpe Langton – Martin

                        13th      Harvest Festival          10.30am Church Langton – Martin

                        13th      Harvest Festival          4.30pm Tur Langton Jonathan

                        20th      All Age Worship          10.30am Tur Langton – Maxine

                        27th      All Age Worship          10.30am Church Langton – Maxine

November       3rd        All Souls Service 3.00pm Church Langton – Martin*

                       3rd        Communion                6.00pm Thorpe Langton – Martin

10th      Remembrance            10.30am Church Langton – Martin

10th      Evensong for Remembrance 4.30pm Tur Langton – Jonathan

                        17th      All Age Worship          10.30 Tur Langton – Maxine

                        24th      Communion                10.30 Church Langton – Martin

  • Sunday 3rd November 3pm – All Souls – Tea and cake after the service
Rosy Autumn Harvest A digital pastel drawing of harvest produce, pumpkins, tomatoes and grapes by Maxine Dodd
Rosy Autumn Harvest

COVID GUIDANCE: All services are now live in church, observing the current UK Government guidance: Masks/face coverings are now optional, but we ask that if you have symptoms, please do not attend. Please check updates on Leicester Diocese’s website

National Trust Heritage Open Days

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Sundays 8th & 15th September 2024, 3pm

St. Peter’s, Church Langton

Stonton Road, Church Langton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 7SZ

Join our guided tour of the church, highlighting the architectural and historical features. Learn more about the colourful history of St Peter’s Church and discover the intricate carvings and unique features of this remarkable Grade II* Listed building. The tours are part of the Heritage Festival which takes place annually in September.

Admission is free and refreshments served afterwards. Tours start at 3pm and last around an hour.

St Peter's: View to pulpit
St Peter’s: View to pulpit

A taste of the Tour – Some things you’ll discover

St. Peter’s hosted the first performance of Handel’s Messiah in a parish church 27th September 1759. It was performed as part of a festival of music organised by Rector William Hanbury. Visionary, botanist and priest – a unique man whose legacy lives on to this day.

St. Peter’s is the Mother Church of The Langtons, dating back to Norman times and was possibly an Anglo Saxon minster. This medieval church, of amazing proportions has so much heritage of interest dating from the late 13th and early 14th centuries with the tower, clerestory and nave arcades, the work of the 15th century.

Victorian renovations resulted in the elaborate carvings on the pews and pulpit and a reredos in the chancel which is an alabaster representation of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.

And that’s only part of the story! Learn more with a Guided Tour

Guided Tour Details                                                                                          

Sunday 8th September: 3.00pm
Sunday 15th September: 3.00pm

No booking required, just arrive at 3pm. We look forward to welcoming you.

Refreshments

Simple refreshments will be available afterwards.

Access

No direct wheelchair access but prior notice by email here, for assistance for wheelchair users. There is uneven ground in churchyard. Parking on the road outside, toilet facilities by arrangement – please ask for assistance – Further parking at the Community Hall on Stonton Road. Approximately 5-10 minutes’ walk.

Directions

Find us just off the B6047 Market Harborough to Melton Road, 3 miles from Kibworth, 6 miles from Market Harborough. Postcode for satellite navigation systems LE16 7SZ –

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Heritage open days

Services in the Langtons

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June to September 2024

All worship on Sundays unless stated otherwise.

June               2nd      Communion                 6.00pm Thorpe Langton – Martin

                        9th        Communion                 10.30am St. Peter’s – Martin

                        16th     Communion                 10.30am Tur Langton – Martin

                        23rd     Communion                 10.30am St. Peter’s – Martin

                        30th      Deanery Service         11.00am Hallaton                                                                                           

July                  7th       Communion                 6.00pm Thorpe Langton – Martin

                        14th     All Age Worship          10.30am St. Peter’s – Maxine

                        21st      All Age Worship          10.30am Tur Langton – Maxine

                        28th     Communion                 10.30am St. Peter’s – Martin

August             4th       Communion                 6.00pm Thorpe Langton – Martin

                        11th     Communion                 10.30am St. Peter’s – Martin

                        18th     Communion                 10.30am Tur Langton – Martin

                        25th      Communion                 10.30am St. Peter’s – Martin

Sept                 1st        Communion                 6.00pm Thorpe Langton – Martin

                        8th        Communion                 10.30am St. Peter’s Communion – Martin

                        15th      All Age Worship          10.30am Tur Langton – Maxine

                        22nd     Communion                 10.30am St. Peter’s – Martin

                        29th      Deanery Service         11.00am Stonton Wyville – Jonathan

October           13th     HARVEST FESTIVAL 10.30am St Peter’s

November       10th     REMEMBRANCE        10.30am St Peter’s

COVID GUIDANCE: All services are now live in church, observing the current UK Government guidance: Masks/face coverings are now optional, but we ask that if you have symptoms, please do not attend. Please check updates on Leicester Diocese’s website