Wigston Magna

Dame Mary Weld by her Will dated 1623 gave money for the purchase of three patronages, one of which was:

Wigston Magna, Leicestershire
 
Priest in Charge: The Revd Richard Curtis
Telephone: 0116 288 3419
e-mailrcurtis@leicester.anglican.org
Website: www.wigstonmagna.leicester.anglican.org
 
The parish, with a population of 28,000, is in the borough of Oadby and Wigston, close to the City of Leicester. It is now joined to Leicester but was once a separate village. The church of All Saints’, Wigston Magna was built of local Enderby granite between 1280 and 1320 in the Medieval Gothic (Decorated) style and replaced an earlier church on the site.
 
There is a Church Room used extensively by the people of the church and not far away is All Saints' Church of England Primary School, with over 300 pupils, with a Community Centre.
 
Worship takes place at All Saints' and also at St. Wistan's, about a mile away and named after a prince of Mercia, murdered in AD 945.
 
All three churches are ancient buildings started approximately 800 years ago requiring a constant programme of renovation and repair with an endless round of fund raising. Sunday services are held at 8.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. in rotation across the parishes and there is an evening service in all the churches except Osgathorpe