...All Saints Church, Hoby in Leicestershire is now complete. The last item on the list was the manufacture of a new memorial cross. We used re-purposed timber from what were thought to be coffin stands, carved lettering, decorated and fixed into position above an alcove in the South Aisle.
...panels at the East end of the Chancel had warped and become detached from the timber frame
...found behind the screen, revealing it was re-purposed and came from a nearby village
...screen framework and re-fixed the linenfold panels
...to be back on site at Freemens Cottages in Leicester following updated Covid 19 procedures. In 1107, Robert, Count of Meulen, granted to the Merchants of Leicester a Charter, allowing them to reform the Guild of Merchants and to carry out their business with the same rights and privileges that they had enjoyed before the Norman Conquest. Over the years the gildsmen became known as the Freemen and until 1835 they were the local government of the borough. Just prior to 1835, the Freemen were granted land to the south of Leicester under the Enclosure Acts and with the granting of the land, further legislation empowered the Freemen to elect a Board of deputies to manage their estates. Freeman's Cottages were built in two main phases in 1856 and 1893 to provide accommodation for the aged Freemen and Freemen's widows.
