St. Leonard's Church, Wollaton is a parish church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

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The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.

History

St. Leonard's dates from at least the early 13th century. The church has a long connection with the Willoughby family of Wollaton Park who were the patrons of the parish.

Memorials

The church contains many fine memorials including:

• Richard Willoughby who died in 1471
• Henry Willougby of 1528
• Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton
  Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton
  Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton was an English nobleman, the son of Hon. Thomas Willoughby.He was born at York in 1726 and entered Jesus College, Cambridge in 1745. In 1757, he served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire...
  
   1800
• Henry Willoughby, 6th Baron Middleton
  Henry Willoughby, 6th Baron Middleton
  Henry Willoughby, 6th Baron Middleton was an English nobleman, the only son of Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton....
  
   1835

External links

• See St. Leonard's Church on Google Street View

Source

• The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner
  Nikolaus Pevsner
  Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...
  
  
• Church Website