Horninghold Le, Horniwale in the Domesday Book, Horninvald in the Charter Rolls 1106, Horningewald in the Pipe Rolls of 1163.
The village of Horninghold lies seven miles north-east of Market Harborough in the county of Leicestershire.
The village is over a thousand years old and following the Norman Conquest in 1066 the village was given to Robert de Todeni, Lord of Belvoir. In about 1076 he gave the parish to the priory of Belvoir where it remained until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th Century. At the beginning of the 20th Century the Hardcastle family remodeled the village into what is acknowledged today as the 'Prettiest village in Leicestershire'.
The church of St Peter's was built in the 12th Century and as a Grade II* listed building is in constant need of repair and ongoing restoration.
A major restoration programme of work is currently underway with the assistance of a number of financial grants including the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the National Churches Trust.
Full details of grants and the current restoration work can be found HERE.
