Investigation at St.Georges Churchyard, Swannington

A Friday 13th Special, out and about to the churchyard of St.Georges in Swannington, a church that dates early 1800s, a good investigation and one location to tick off the list, but is it haunted?

History
The original name was St George’s Whitwick as both Swannington and Thringstone were part of the ecclesiastical parish of Whitwick. In 1875, St George’s became a parish in its own right. The ecclesiastical parish boundaries are somewhat different to the civil parish boundaries, as they included Peggs Green and Stordon Grange.

St George’s Church was built in 1825. The poet William Wordsworth’s diary records walking with his host, Sir George Howland Beaumont, to choose the site of the church:

During the month of December 1820, I accompanied a much-beloved and honoured Friend in a walk through different parts of his estate, with a view to fix upon the site of a new Church which he intended to erect.

Others claim that Lady Beaumont chose the site as it was a place where her husband liked to paint. It is likely that both claims are correct, as it would be natural for Sir George to take his guest to the place he liked to paint and suggest it as the site for the church.

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