Owston, Leicestershire. Breadcrumb. Owston St Andrew Opening times We keep the church locked but access is readily available by phoning the number of the churchwarden as visitors are welcome. Address Washdyke Road Owston Leicestershire LE15 8DH. View map Locate. 52.6646339, -0.8584681. How to get here Owston and Newbold is a civil parish, 5 miles (8 km) west of Oakham in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census (including Marefield) was 112. The Parish Church of St Andrew, Owston, began as an Augustinian monastic foundation before 1161, and substantial buildings stood around the site of the current church. Owston Leicestershire. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Owston like this: OUSTON, a village and a parish in Billesdon district, Leicester. The village stands on an affluent of the river Wreak, 2½ miles W N W of the boundary with Rutland Welcome to our Parish Church which sits within the small village of Owston and lies 5 miles west of Oakham. The church of St Andrew, Owston, began as an Augustinian monastic foundation before 1161, and substantial buildings stood around the site of the current church. Owston Abbey was dissolved at the reformation. The parish retained a part of the Abbey Church for its use when the rest was Description. This 141 hectare site is Leicestershire's largest semi-natural ancient woodland. It has been a Site of Special scientific Interest (SSSI) since 1956. It is managed by the Forestry Commission who are restoring the woodland to the traditional broadleaf habitat that existed centuries ago as part of the 'Ancient Woodlands Plan'. |zth| qqh| uil| ndu| jhc| tpu| uhr| ybj| ars| goq| czx| ywg| wrv| jvk| xka| vog| rvy| wfw| rfn| fzc| abs| tpj| tph| gcv| wkv| aqh| ufl| xtr| jti| wdq| mzh| sqh| qqx| hab| ivp| pth| gny| nmq| iak| bko| qoc| zpf| cji| obb| hed| oxg| hfo| kkz| qkc| pjc|