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Kirby Bellars Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Kirby Bellars

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Kirby Bellars history

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The village is recorded in the Domesday Book under the name of Chirchebi. The name Bellars probably originates from Roger de Beler who owned the manor house and founded the priory in 1316. The large and ancient Parish Church of Saint Peter’s, was built in the 13th century. It is now a Grade I listed building.

You can visit Kirby Bellars places with Walkfo Kirby Bellars to hear history at Kirby Bellars’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Kirby Bellars has 19 places to visit in our interactive Kirby Bellars map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Kirby Bellars, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Kirby Bellars places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Kirby Bellars & the surrounding areas.

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19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Kirby Bellars places to visit

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Kirby Bellars has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Kirby Bellars’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Kirby Bellars’s information audio spots:

Paint Research Association The Paint Research Association is a research institute, formerly in Teddington, south-west London, and now in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. It is now known as the PRA.

St Mary’s Church, Melton Mowbray St Mary is the parish church of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The large medieval church suffered from a poor Victorian restoration, and was left in a poor state of repair and deemed “unfit for purpose” By late 2017, work was completed to make the church more accessible and safe.

River Eye, Leicestershire River Eye rises at Bescaby, about six miles (10 km) north-east of Melton Mowbray. It flows east towards Saltby, where it turns south and flows past Sproxton, Coston and Garthorpe. At Swan’s Nest it flows under bridges at Burton Road and Leicester Road. At Egerton Lodge it changes its name to the River Wreake.

Holwell Sports F.C. Holwell Sports Football Club is based in Asfordby Hill, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Welby Road.

Asfordby Asfordby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, to the west of Melton Mowbray on the A6006 road. The village’s name means ‘farm/settlement of Asfrothr’ The parish consists of three villages, Asfordy proper, Asfordby Valley and Asford by Hill. The population had increased to 3,286 at the 2011 census.

Melton Mowbray Navigation The Melton Mowbray Navigation opened in 1797 when the River Wreake was made navigable upstream from its junction with the River Soar and the Leicester Navigation. With railway competition, and the closure of the Oakham Canal, to which it was connected, decline was rapid and the canal closed in 1877.

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