Our Lady & St. Nicholas Church

Wanlip is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, with a population of about 150. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Leicestershire (ˈlɛstəʃə(r or ˈlɛstəʃɪə(r abbreviation Leics It is a countryside village, north of Birstall, and west of Watermead Country Park and the River Soar. Birstall is a large village north of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. The Watermead Country Park is a network of artificial lakes in the valley of the River Soar and the Grand Union Canal (old, to the north of Leicester The River Soar is a Tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands.

To the south of Wanlip is Wanlip Meadows, a Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust nature reserve. The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland, England.

One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands given to Earl Aubrey ^[1] by the King. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages The land described includes a mill. The Earl's son Aubrey de Vere II went on to become Lord Chancellor. Aubrey de Vere II (c 1080-1141 was also known as "Alberic de Ver"

References

1. ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 652 ISBN 0-14-143994-7