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Dist:0.4km<br/>Leafy footpath by St.Michael's church
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Dist:0.4km<br/>At the junction of Brookside with Church Lane vehicles have to drive through a ford to get to the church. Pedestrians have a fine stone bridge.
©Kate Jewell
Dist:0.4km<br/>although only six arches can be seen today. The original wooden packhorse bridge, which would have been medieval, was replaced in 1714 by this stone one. It is believed that it took six men nine days to complete it at a total cost of £11 2s 2d. The brook it crosses is choked with watercress in this photograph. The white-painted concrete posts mark the line of Brook Side.
©Kate Jewell
Dist:0.4km<br/>Eastern view of Rearsby parish church
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.4km<br/>Just 5ft wide, this packhorse bridge over Rearsby Brook looks medieval, but was built in 1714 http://www.rearsby.net/
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.4km<br/>The tower and chancel (not visible) are built of the usual limestone, but the nave and aisles are of Charnwood granite - a stone becoming more common as one moves west along the Wreake valley.
©Tim Heaton
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Dist:0.4km<br/>A core of a medieval church, much restored by F.W.Ordish & R.W.Johnson in 1857-8 and again by R.J. & J.Goodacre in 1891
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.4km<br/>Public house on Melton Road.
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