A national coast to coast route for walking, cycling and in places, horse riding. Linking vibrant cities, peaceful countryside, sunny seaside, timeless villages, historic market towns and dramatic Pennine moorland...
You'll find the Trans . . . — — Map (db m246808) HM
Coal mining, rail manufacture and the railway were all closely connected in 19th century Dronfield and all of these had an impact on the way in which the town developed.
So, we, the Friends of Dronfield Station, felt that a mining truck or pit . . . — — Map (db m278554) HM
Park Cemetery was opened in 1892 by Ilkeston Corporation on 22 acres of land bought from the Anglican Parish of Ilkeston at a price of £150 per acre. The twin Cemetery Chapels were constructed in 1910 and are Grade II listed buildings. The Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m246643) HM
This Neolithic chambered tomb is over 5,000 years old. Today only the large stones of the inner chamber remain though these were once covered by a long earthen mound.
The chamber is formed of nine upright stones, with an enormous capstone, . . . — — Map (db m300634) HM
Cathedral Barn
The Cathedral Barn is one of the oldest secular buildings in Hereford. Archaeological investigation concludes that the wooden posts and wall plates footed the internal timber framing of a medieval aisled hall house, probably . . . — — Map (db m246260) HM
Demolished Houses
The four 19th century houses at the south end of Broad Street, which hid the view of the Cathedral from the west, were demolished in 1935 following a fare. By the early 20th century, they were occupied by tenants of the Dean . . . — — Map (db m253665) HM
Canonical Houses & Residents
Accommodation for the Dean and Canons was provided around the Close. The earliest medieval houses no longer survive except as part of several buildings in the north-east part of the Close including the Cathedral . . . — — Map (db m253670) HM
To coincide with the opening of I.K. Brunel's broad gauge line from Hereford to Gloucester on 1st June 1855, Hereford (Barrs Court), was opened as a temporary station for the Hereford Ross and Gloucester and the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway . . . — — Map (db m252065) HM
Between 1856 and 1883 a number of investigations completed by the Railway Inspectorate had determined the layout of Barrs Court as dangerous. At the same local pressure was being exerted on the railway companies to concentrate all passenger traffic . . . — — Map (db m252067) HM
Vicar of this parish 1853-1870.
Fell asleep May 12th 1890.
Laid to rest in this burial ground.
One of Hereford greatest benefactors.
Founder of The Hereford Society for Aiding the Industrious 1841.
Hereford City Mission 1856.
A friend . . . — — Map (db m252064) HM
The bridge was built in 1490 damaged in the Civil War and widened in 1826. There was originally a gatehouse on the southern end which was demolished in 1782 — — Map (db m269548) HM
The site of Red Crosse Bridge which once spanned Pinsley Brook, a canalised river running under Broad Street and around the monastery. — — Map (db m232985) HM
At The Centre Of Town Life
The Church of All Saints is probably one of the six Leicester churches mentioned in the Domesday Book. It stands with its west end bordering High Cross Street, the main route from north to south through the town. . . . — — Map (db m252411) HM
Leicester and the Norman Conquest
Leicester's first castle was built on the orders of William the Conqueror soon after the Nonman conquest of England in 1066. It dominated ____ town of about 400 houses and controlled the river crossing, taking . . . — — Map (db m246937) HM
The Wigston Family and Leicester
Chantry House and Skeffington House
Two Tudor houses in the heart of modern Leicester
William Wigston’s Chantry House was added to the Newarke precinct around 1511. William Wigston was a wealthy Leicester wool . . . — — Map (db m125066) HM
Richard III’s Medieval Leicester
Church of the Annunciation
The Hawthorn Building of De Montfort University was built on the site of the former Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The church and the Richard III Story . . . — — Map (db m125067) HM
You are standing at the south end of John of Gaunt's Cellar, outside a doorway, now bricked up. The cellar was an undercroft (basement) beneath the Castle's kitchen block which was set at some distance from the Great Hall because of the risk of . . . — — Map (db m253555) HM
You are standing on the motte. This was a vast mound linked to a bailey (defensive enclosure) and with a wooden lower at the top -- Leicester's first castle. It was built around 1068, soon after the conquest of England by the Normans (1066). The . . . — — Map (db m246938) HM
Municipal
Technical & Art Schools
This Stone was Laid on the
30th Day of March 1896 by
Alderman Sir Thomas Wright Knt JP
Chairman of the Committee
Alderman Edward Wood JP
Mayor — — Map (db m125042) HM
Richard III’s Medieval Leicester
Newarke Gateway
The Newarke Gateway and the Richard III Story
After his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth, King Richard III’s corpse was brought back to Leicester and put on public display in the Newarke . . . — — Map (db m125065) HM
A Manufacturing Town
Portland and Hawthorn Buildings
Creating a skilled workforce for Leicester
The original purpose of the Hawthorn Building is shown on its entrance doors opposite Trinity House. The four panels by Percy Brown depicting art . . . — — Map (db m125069) HM
Lady Rolleston and the street boys of Leicester
Shaftesbury Hall was built c.1906 as the headquarters of the Leicester Poor Boys Summer Camp, a charity set up in 1897 by Lady Eliza and Sir John Rolleston. Lady Rolleston was concerned about . . . — — Map (db m252390) HM
Upstart Uprising
Shortly after Easter 1173, Henry "the Young King" rebelled against his father King Henry, bringing turmoil to the whole of the Plantagenet kingdom in Britain and France. Chief among young Henry's noble supporters was Robert . . . — — Map (db m246939) HM
The Collegiate Church
Upon this site stood the important and beautiful Collegiate Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady, which was founded in 1355-6 by Henry, First Duke of Lancaster and Fourth Lancastrian Earl of Leicester. When he enlarged his . . . — — Map (db m125046) HM
This building, which dates from the 14th century, served as the main gateway to the Newarke. During the Civil War it was used as a magazine (or secure armaments store) hence its present name. as a regimental museum it continues to have military . . . — — Map (db m125041) HM
Summoned by Bells: the Newarke College
About 1330, Henry, Earl of Lancaster founded a hospital to look after 50 elderly people. In 1353 his son, also Henry, extended the foundation as the College of St. Mary of the Annunciation in the Newarke . . . — — Map (db m252770) HM
The
Whipping
Toms
On this spot stood the Whipping Toms, who, on Shrove Tuesday, in accordance with the ancient custom, armed themselves with wagon whips and flogged anyone who entered the precincts of the Newarke. The sport was abolished by Act . . . — — Map (db m125044) HM
This Stone was Laid on
the 17th of June 1927
by Her Grace
The Duchess of Atholl
D.B.E. LL.D. MP.
Parliamentary Secretary
to the Board of Education
Councillor Walter Oram
Chairman of Committee
Ald. Sir Jonathan North J.P. . . . — — Map (db m125070) HM
Thomas Cook
1808 — 1892
( side )
This Statue was Commissioned
By Leicester City Council
With Assistance From
British Railways Community Unit
And Thomas Cook (International) Ltd
Near to This Site In
Leicester’s . . . — — Map (db m125143) HM
Simple Builds
Leicester was under Roman rule for over 350 years. Over this time the townscape continually-evolved around a regular grid of streets. The plots of land between these were built on for generations, with new buildings replacing . . . — — Map (db m252452) HM
City of Leicester
Agnes Archer Evans
(nee Kilgour)
1851-1924
Pioneering teacher of girls education,
along with Anna Chrysogon Beale, at
Belmont House School 1882-1893
Founding member & treasurer of
the Leicester and Leicestershire . . . — — Map (db m125123) HM
Getting Together
In 1968 BBC Radio Leicester provided a regular programme called Getting Together for "people who had come to make their home in Leicester". Growth in the local Asian population soon saws the station launch Milan, a programme . . . — — Map (db m252396) HM
One of the First
BBC Radio Leicester was the first mainland local radio station in the UK. It began broadcasting at 12.45pm on Wednesday 8th November 1967. The station's studios and offices were on the eighth floor of Epic House on Charles . . . — — Map (db m252394) HM
Forum and basilica
Where you are standing now would once have been the administrative and commercial heart of Roman Leicester. Beneath your feet lie what remains of the Roman forum and basilica.
What would the forum and basilica have . . . — — Map (db m252404) HM
Richard III’s Medieval Leicester
Guildhall
The Guildhall and the Richard III Story
The Guildhall dates back to medieval times and would have been a building of importance during the time of Richard III. The Great Hall, built in 1390, was a . . . — — Map (db m125128) HM
19th century congregational chapel was converted during the 1980’s to a centre for devotees of Jainism, an ancient religion that teaches love to all living creatures. The building contains important examples of traditional Indian architecture . . . — — Map (db m125073) HM
Changing Pasts
Jain Centre
Chapel to Temple
What we know today Samuel Leicester’s Jain Centre started life in 1863 as a Congregational Chapel (an Independent church). This area around Oxford Street was developed from the mid-19th Century and, . . . — — Map (db m125074) HM
The Leicester Automaton Clock
This is a reconstruction based on remains at All Saints' Church, Highcross Street, Leicester, supplemented by documentary evidence. The original carved wood quarter-jacks disappeared many years ago, but traditionally . . . — — Map (db m125129) HM
The Medieval origins of a modern city
Medieval Leicester lay within the old Roman walls. The town walls followed the lines of what are now Soar Lane, Sanvey Gate, Church Gate, Gallowtree Gate, Horsefair Street and Bath Lane in the west. . . . — — Map (db m125075) HM
Ratae Corieltavorum
Leicester is an ancient settlement that existed long before the Romans invaded Brain in AD 43. It was under the Romans however that it really
prospered, developing into an important town known as Ratae Corieltavorum.
It . . . — — Map (db m252407) HM
This Plaque was Unveiled
by
HRH The Duke of Gloucester GCVO
on
24th May 1994
To Mark the Completion of the Restoration
Of Leicester Guildhall — — Map (db m125137) HM
Richard III
King of England
1483 1485
Born Fotheringham
A Good Lawmaker for the Ease and
Solace of the Common People
2 October 1452
Killed Bosworth
22 August 1485
Piteously Slain Fighting Manfully
In the Thickest Press of . . . — — Map (db m122781) HM
Dryad Collects the World
Harry Peach was a keen collector, and between 1907 and 1937 acquired nearly 3000 items of craftwork while travelling in Europe, Africa and Asia. He also collected objects through his many contacts with other craftwork . . . — — Map (db m252391) HM
A Leicester Landmark Since The
Early 18th Century, The Globe
Has Been Owned By The Everard
Family From Victorian Times To
The Present Day.
The Pub Was Previously A Market
House And Was Used At The Hiring
Fairs By Farmers To Recruit . . . — — Map (db m125127) HM
Who was Thomas Cook?
Thomas Cook was the pioneer of popular tourism and founder of the international travel company Thomas Cook and Son. He was also a devout Baptist and Temperance (anti-alcohol) campaigner who died in Leicester in 1892. He is . . . — — Map (db m246940) HM
The weather vane which surmounts the roof was restored during refurbisment works in 1993. A donation of £575 towards the cost was made by The Gild of Freeman of The City of Leicester. — — Map (db m125138) HM
To the Glory of God
And in Honored Memory of
The Men of this Parish
Who Fell in the Great War
1914 – 1918
2nd Lieut. W.S. Allen 2/5th Notts and Derbys · Sergt. D. Warner 1/4th Northamptons · Lc/Cpl. S. Easom 9th Leicesters · Lc/Cpl. . . . — — Map (db m125147) WM
Church of St. John the Baptist
An early example of Georgian Gothic, the present building, completed in 1776, replaced an earlier parish church. Originally built with a broach spire 156 ft. high, this was destroyed in 1850 by lightning ot long after . . . — — Map (db m125145) HM
“When Men Yield Up
The Privilege of
Thinking, the Last
Shadow of Liberty
Quits the Horizon”
Thomas Paine, 1737-1809
The Upperton Road
Viaduct Redevelopment Scheme
Was Opened by
The Lead Member for Transportation
Councillor . . . — — Map (db m125071) HM
The decisive battle of the English Civil War was fought in the fields of Naseby, Sulby, Sibbertoft and Clipston parishes, south of Market Harborough, on Saturday 14 June, 1645. The parliamentarian New Model Army, under the command of Sir Thomas . . . — — Map (db m286602) HM
The decisive battle of the English Civil War was fought in the fields of Naseby, Sulby, Sibbertoft and Clipston parishes, south of Market Harborough, on Saturday 14 June, 1645. The parliamentarian New Model Army, under the command of Sir Thomas . . . — — Map (db m286607) HM
With its fine Georgian facades, Burton Street (formerly Burton End) is Melton's 'best preserved street'.
Under the will of Robert Hudson, a local man and London merchant, the Bedehouses (opposite) were founded in 1641 for poor local . . . — — Map (db m313776) HM
King Street's rich and diverse history has been central to life in the Town for over 5000 years.
Lords of Melton
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, Geoffrey de la Wirce became the first Norman Lord of Melton. He was succeeded by his . . . — — Map (db m307577) HM
History
The Melton Mowbray Town Estate has, since its inception in 1549, had a positive and beneficial influence on the townspeople of Melton Mowbray.
Being an ancient charity, it was "the premier local authority" carrying out all the . . . — — Map (db m313951) HM
The History of the Play Close
In 1848, the townspeople of Melton used the Play Close for shows, recreation and stalls at fair time. With Lord Melbourne's agents allowing pig sties and other buildings on the adjoining land, many of the . . . — — Map (db m313952) HM
The History of the Market Place
Melton Mowbray's Market is mentioned in the Domesday book, an accolade bestowed on only a few towns in England; recorded as the only one in Leicestershire. The market itself is the third oldest in the land, and . . . — — Map (db m313953) HM
The Queen Elizabeth II Fields.
The Queen Elizabeth II Fields was a programme to mark Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee - led by its Patron HRH The Prince William of Wales. The Queen Elizabeth II Fields are intended to create a legacy of . . . — — Map (db m313955) HM
This wall marks the eastern boundary of the London Road used by mediaeval kings and the only route between London and the north until the late 14th century.
King Richard the Lionheart travelled along this road in 1194.
There has been a . . . — — Map (db m313956) HM
Behind the Victorian shop fascia of 7 King Street lies the medieval manor house built for John de Mowbray. This small garden is a 'snapshot' of the sorts of herbs and features that would have been found in John's garden in the fourteenth century. It . . . — — Map (db m307576) HM
Welcome to Boston; a lively historic port and market town located on the River Witham, joining the North Sea at a part of the coast known as 'The Wash'.
Boston and its magnificent church are named after St Botolph, an Anglo Saxon monk, who . . . — — Map (db m312635) HM
Complementing Boston's historic townscape is the large open space of Central Park. This was originally part of a much larger private deer park, attached to the late 1700's Tunnard House on Wide Bargate, near the main entrance gates to the park. . . . — — Map (db m312636) HM
On a tidal river, close to sea and surrounded by marshland, Boston has always had a watery connection.
The town developed around a fording point where the coastal road around the Wash crossed the River Witham. It soon grew as a port town . . . — — Map (db m312639) HM
On the Eighth of April, 1630, prominent members of the Rev. John Cotton's congregation of St. Botolph‘s Church, set sail on board the ‘Arbella’ for New England, to establish the Massachusetts Bay colony and to realise their vision of founding “A . . . — — Map (db m307437) HM
In 1612, The Reverend John Cotton was appointed vicar at St Botolph's Church. He was a passionate man of character who challenged the church with his beliefs and teachings. He wished to change the church from within and was known as a Puritan . . . — — Map (db m307435) HM
Situated to the north of the historic port and market town of Boston, Wide Bargate is an open and airy space that is surrounded by many fine examples of Georgian buildings from the 1700's Historically it was the main overland route into town from . . . — — Map (db m312637) HM
Baroness Thatcher was born above her father's grocery shop on North Parade. As a young woman growing up in the town, she attended the nearby Kesteven and Grantham Girls School. Her father, Alfred Roberts, once Alderman of Grantham, was a lay . . . — — Map (db m278671) HM
In the early 1800s Grantham was a busy coaching town with 9 coaching services and many hundreds employed in coaching and the carting of goods. In 1842 it took 8 hours from Boston to Nottingham and almost 24 hours from London to Grantham. Railway . . . — — Map (db m278594) HM
Castle Hill is actually a square. From wherever you stand within it, you can survey 2,000 years of Lincoln's history, in the layout of the streets and the buildings along them. Just as in Roman times, the city's main commercial thoroughfare today is . . . — — Map (db m246950) HM
By the 19th century, conditions had become so wretched in the city's old Stonebow prison that a new Sessions House, incorporating a prison, was constructed below Lindum Road. It was built to a design by William Hayward, who was also responsible for . . . — — Map (db m253005) HM
You are standing in an area that would, in Roman times, have been just outside the city walls. You could have watched the traffic passing through the gate over a roadway where Silver Street now runs. It led out to a magnificent villa on the crest of . . . — — Map (db m253008) HM
George Boole was born in Silver Street, Lincoln, the son of a cobbler. He never studied at university but became a teacher in 1831 at the age of 16. In 1834, aged 19, he opened his first school to help support his family.
With local mentors, . . . — — Map (db m247441) HM
Welcome to Lincoln, one of England's most beautiful Cathedral cities, also one of the UK's fastest growing and most vibrant tourist destinations. 2,000 years of history are just waiting to be explored in Lincoln, one of England's oldest cities, . . . — — Map (db m247440) HM
On 31 May 1979, the Regional Chairman, Mr. T. G. Boardman, M.C.T.D., of the National Westminster Bank Limited presented these premises to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln for the use of the Cathedral. In recognition of this generous benefaction the . . . — — Map (db m253004) HM
Lincoln has many attractions within walking distance of each other. These can be found in the different character quarters and can be easily reached by hopping on the Walk & Ride Bus.
The Cathedral Quarter (including the Cultural Quarter) . . . — — Map (db m254460) HM
Magna Carta, or 'Great Charter', is the document that the barons forced King John to sign in 1215. It was the first successful attempt in limiting the king's power, providing for an orderly process of government and law, and protecting individual . . . — — Map (db m246953) HM
In the Middle Ages, the Diocese of Lincoln was vast, in fact the biggest in England, stretching from the Humber to the Thames. The Bishop of Lincoln was therefore an immensely powerful figure, and his palace was intended to show off his status. Not . . . — — Map (db m246954) HM
On certain days of the week in medieval times, Steep Hill was bustling with street markets. They had earlier been held in churchyards, until ordered out into the street. Permission had to be obtained from the monarch to hold them, and traders paid . . . — — Map (db m246949) HM
A 3rd-century traveller approaching the upper Roman city from the
south could not fail to have been impressed. A monumental series of steps led straight up the steepest part of the hill. There was no other place in Roman Britain like it, though . . . — — Map (db m246948) HM
Explore the towers and dungeons of the Medieval Wall Walk.
Discover a violent past of battles, sieges and public hangings.
Visit the imposing Victorian Prison and extraordinary chapel.
Come face to face with convicts and hear then stories. . . . — — Map (db m254459) HM
The Cathedral Quarter encompasses many of the major heritage attractions of the City of Lincoln, is the heart of the historic uphill community, has many Roman monuments and offers a unique shopping experience. Within the Cathedral Quarter is the . . . — — Map (db m254461) HM
400 BC - AD 43
A Late Iron Age settlement has been identified on one of the islands in what was then a much larger Brayford Pool. The main significance of "Lindon", "the place by the pool", may have been as a meeting place and for tribal . . . — — Map (db m247438) HM
Sleaford Station, listed at Grade 2, was built in 1857 by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway, and extended in 1882 for the Great Northern & Great Eastern Joint Railway.
In 2022, the station was repainted in LNER colours, and the . . . — — Map (db m307565) HM
In Memory of Frederick William, 6th Earl and 2nd Marquis of Bristol, By a few of His Lincolnshire Tenantry in the Year of Our Lord 1874.
Restored to its former glory by Sleaford & District Civic Trust in order to provide clean drinking water . . . — — Map (db m307434) HM
Built 1842 by Charles Kirk (1791-1847), founder of the firm Kirk & Parry builders & designers, including nationwide church and railway work 1830 - 1908.
Later home of son Charles (1825-1902), architect, who restored 65 churches Became Kesteven . . . — — Map (db m307567) HM
Sleaford is a traditional agricultural market town with a rich history and lots to see and do today. Founded in the Iron Age, you can see the medieval history in the road names (look out for North, South, West and East Gate streets) and the splendid . . . — — Map (db m307563) HM
St Michael's Churchyard was renovated in 2016 to mark the 90th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
The renovation was funded by the Harry Skells Trust. Harry Skells (1880-1955) was a local businessman and Councillor who bequeathed a . . . — — Map (db m307580) HM
This building was erected in 1768 as the Stamford Theatre and was used for more than 100 years. Macready, Kemble, Edmund Kean, Sheridan Knowles, Mr and Mrs Charles Kean and other notables performed here. — — Map (db m313661) HM
This painting is an illustrated timeline of Stamford's renowned stone heritage, including reference to the nationally recognised work of local geologist and palaeontologist Alan Dawn (1923-2010). Alan discovered numerous important geological finds . . . — — Map (db m307578) HM
Truesdale's Hospital
The stone building beyond this Information Board is an almshouse complex known as "The Hospital of Thomas Truesdale" (hospital in the "hospitality" or charitable institution sense of the definition). It was founded in . . . — — Map (db m248762) HM
The Sundial was commissioned in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II and the 50th anniversary of the Stamford Civic Society
How To Tell The Time Of Day Using This Sundial
The face of the sundial is . . . — — Map (db m313659) HM
In the yere of oure Lord 1570 thes arches wer borne doune by the waters extremytie
In the yere of oure Lord 1571 they wer bulded agayn with lyme and stonne
Thanks be to God — — Map (db m248304) HM
On 26th February 1935, in the field opposite
Robert Watson Watt and Arnold Wilkins
showed for the first time in Britain that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By 1939 there were 20 stations tracking aircraft at . . . — — Map (db m142702) HM
This plaque commemorates the 150th anniversary of the formation of the Robin Hood Rifles, Nottingham's original volunteer militia, who first mustered on the East Terrace of the Castle under the command of Major Jonathan White on the 30th May 1859. . . . — — Map (db m248414) HM
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