April 2020 News from Coleorton Heritage Group

April News

Celebrating 250 Years since William Wordsworth's birth

April 7th is the 250th anniversary of the birth of the English Romantic Poet, William Wordsworth. William and his family spent a good deal of time with Sir George Beaumont, 7th baronet, and his wife Margaret, and got involved with the planning and design of the gardens surrounding the newly built Coleorton Hall.
The beautiful location and the support of Sir George and Lady Margaret inspired Wordsworth to create some of his best-known works.
The Wordsworth household consisted of William, wife Mary, sister in law Sara Hutchinson and sister Dorothy (also a writer) and 5 children. Over the years the family became frequent visitors and their son John became curate at Coleorton and Whitwick Churches under Francis Merewether.
Read Elaine Oldham's account of William Wordsworth's and his family's connections with Coleorton >>

St Mary's Parish Magazine

Every month St Mary's Parish publish a small magazine with details of church services and events, stories (including articles from the Heritage Group) and advertising from local suppliers. It is printed by volunteers at Trinity Church in Ashby and distributed by local people.Unfortunately the volunteers have been unable to continue due to the need for isolation so publishing a printed version is not possible at the moment.
It is planned to offer an email version starting with the April edition, so if you would like to receive this please sign up at http://www.coleorton.org.uk/stmarys-news-signup.html
The church is closed at present because of the restrictions and are currently holding services and prayers via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/St-Marys-and-St-Johns-Coleorton-435668643304969/

Homes in Coleorton

The Thatches, Stoney Lane, Coleorton

People have been living in Coleorton since the before 1066. There are recorded properties in the Domesday book. The village has seen a lot of changes since then! In fact anyone who has lived here for a while will see many changes - new houses being built, cottages being renovated and extended and often being partly or completely demolished in the process. Of course, this is all part of life. There's more of us now and we all want to live in spacious houses with all mod cons - not the one-up one-down with a privy out the back like previous generations.

Houses go through changes as do their residents and they become a record of past lives and social history. For historians this is gold. We are collecting stories about houses and properties in Coleorton. This doesn't have to be just cottages that are a hundred years old. Time moves on and in 50 years time our grandchildren will be looking back at the history of Coleorton and asking about what happened in the "old days" in 2020 when we were all in isolation!

Good time to do a bit of research, or just write down what you know now.

Read about the many families and generations who lived in The Thatches >>

Lockdown reading

I've heard it said that some people are having difficulty filling their time now that they are confined to isolation at home. Must say that this is not a problem I have - with this being the busiest time of the year in the garden, sowing and planting out vegetables, getting the borders tidy, repairing seats and tables - the list is endless. However, if you have time on your hands there is plenty of reading to be had from our Research Resources pages.

Also take a look at our growing list of articles about local history and families. Just a suggestion - why not write up a piece about your own family or the history of your house. Email it to me and I'll post it on the website so we can all enjoy.

If you have any questions, heritage/history-related stories or ideas or would like to get more involved with Coleorton Heritage Group you're very welcome. please email heritagegroup@coleorton.org.uk or phone 01530 440000.

Sandra

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