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Former farmhouse, Church Lane, Plungar
No longer an active farm with new dwellings in the former farmyard.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 3 Feb 2012
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St.Helen's church
Decorated 14th century church in local ironstone
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 28 Aug 2008
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St Helen's Church, Plungar, Leicestershire
A small ironstone church with a grand churchyard.
Image: © Kate Jewell
Taken: 10 Oct 2005
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Church of St Helen, Plungar
Carvings on the tower arch http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5169512 . The tailed creature is generally described as a lizard, but the presence of ears and an apparently furry tail suggest something different.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 23 Oct 2016
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Bench mark, St Helen's Church, Plungar
See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5169583 for location.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 23 Oct 2016
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Belvoir Angel headstone, Plungar churchyard
To George Marsh, d.1720
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 23 Oct 2016
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Church of St Helen, Plungar
Reynard the Fox. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5169492 for more information. Reynard is in the centre, apparently trampling the person to his left, and carrying on his stick another person suspended by the ankles.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 23 Oct 2016
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Church of St Helen, Plungar
Carving on the tower arch. This may well be Reynard the Fox, dressed in either Bishop's or Abbot's robes, preaching to some birds.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 23 Oct 2016
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Former Methodist Chapel, Plungar
Now a dwelling
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 3 Feb 2012
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Church of St Helen, Plungar
West window, with animal carvings.
The three above the hood mould refer to the tale of Reynard the Fox. From left to right they depict Ferrard the Horse (with Reynard riding), Couard the Hare (on a cross) and Reynard himself (carrying on a stock over his shoulder a human figure suspended by the ankles) http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5169573 . A leaflet in the church indicates that these display elements of the Reynard tradition that are not found elsewhere. They are thought to date from around 1450 and are believed to have come from Croxton Abbey.
The Reynard fables were apparently used by the Catholic church to ridicule the reformist Lollard movement. The leaflet includes illustrations of the panels made in the late 18th century when there still a bit more detail visible.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 23 Oct 2016
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