Leicester Collection (page 7)

London - Leicester Square at night. Date: circa 1911

Orange Seller with his barrow - Leicester Square, London Date: circa 1906

Balloon event, Charles Green, Leicester
Charles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 411th ascent in his Royal Victoria Balloon, from the Cricket Ground, Leicester. With special trains laid on from nearby cities. 27 June 1849

Head Quarters staff: 1) Colonel Vico; 2) Major the Honourable Leicester Curzon; 3) Lord Burghersh; 4) Orderly; 5) Count Revel; 6) Mr. Calvert Interpreter; 7) Colonel Poulett Somerset; 8) Colonel A

National fund for the Welsh troops. Grand Matinee, St. Davids day, March 1st, at the Alhambra, Leicester Square, W. Poster showing a soldier from behind, as he faces a bright light on the horizon

Ruins of Ulverscroft Priory, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of the ruins of Ulverscroft Priory, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell

Leicester Great Fire, church destroyed
The most disastrous fire ever known in Leicester broke out on a Thursday evening in Queen Street, and a series of warehouses and large factories were destroyed

Home of Sir Joshua Reynolds - Leicester Square, London
The Home of Sir Joshua Reynolds at 47 Leicester Square, London. He lived at this address between 1761 and 1792. In 1937 the house and backbuildings were demolished for the extension of Fanum House

Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Film Performance, 1952
Front cover of the Tatler, featuring a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II leaving the Royal Film Performance at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square

Advertisement for silhouette portraits, Leicester
Advertisement for silhouette portraits by silhouette artist H.L. Oakley MBE, at Joseph Johnson and Company Limited, Market Street and Belvoir Street, Leicester

Cavendish House Ruins
The ruins of Cavendish House, in the ancient Abbey Gardens, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. It was built for William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, using Abbey stone. Date: 17th century

Heavy Snowfall
Workmen removing broken branches after a heavy snowfall, Leicester Park, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1950s

Monte Carlo Hotel, House of Hamburger, Leicester Street
The corner of Lisle Street and Leicester Street, central London (near Leicester Square) : the Monte Carlo Hotel and the House of Hamburger restaurant. Date: 1947

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Leicester Square, London - with the Alhambra Music Hall Theatre (on the east side of the square) - established 1854, demolished in 1936. Date: circa 1910s

Roman Forum. Leicester
Part of the Roman Forum, now known as the Jewry Wall, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1st century

Street Entertainer
A street entertainer performs a trick involving a tartan bag and a wooden box, much to the amusement of the tourists in Leicester Square, where Doctor Zhivago is on at the cinema! Date: 1966

Leicester Castle Gate
Castle Gateway, or Ruperts Gate, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Date: medieval

Mountsorrel Market Cross
The Market Cross at Mountsorrel, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England, which was built by Sir John Danvers in 1793. Date: late 18th century

Winter Weir
Winter by the weir - a scene on the River Soar, in Abbey Park, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1950s

The Entrance to the Gardens at Penshurst Place, Kent - The Leicester Arms pub can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1917

Empire, Leicester Square
The Empire cinema, Leicester Square, London, showing Easter Parade starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. Next door is a large Dolcis fashion shoes sign. Date: 1948

Drivers hotel on Regent Street, London, next to The Leicester Lounge. A horse-drawn cart is coming along the street, along with motor cars. Date: 1947

Aerial view near Leicester Square, London
Aerial view of a street near Leicester Square, London, with the Monseigneur News Theatre on the left, and Bravingtons jewellers further along. circa 1940s

British soldiers in trench, Ribecourt, France, WW1
Men of the 11th Leicester Regiment (6th Division) with Vickers machine guns in a captured second line trench at Ribecourt, northern France, during the Battle of Cambrai, First World War

Queen Elizabeth II in Leicester Square, 1957
Queen Elizabeth II looking sumptuous in a beaded evening gown and fur wrap. The event was the Royal Film Performance at the Odeon Theatre in Leicester Square, London. 1957

Science lesson, Northfield House School, Leicester
Two boys experimenting with test tubes at Northfield House Junior School, Leicester. Date: 1965

Tramp outside Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London
A shuffling tramp outside the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square, Central London, contrasts strongly with the well dressed patrons on the left

North Evington War Hospital, Leicestershire
A general view of the North Evington War Hospital in Leicestershire. The buildings were opened in 1905 as the Leicester Union Infirmary but were deployed for military use during the First World War

Uppingham Auxiliary Hospital, Rutland
The Uppingham Auxiliary Hospital operated during World War One in the premises of the Uppingham Union workhouse, Leicester Road, Uppingham, Rutland

Leicester Square Fire
Fire at Savile House, Leicester Square

Leicester Square
The Luminous Fountain, one of the dramatic features of the Panopticon in Leicester Square

Leicester market place and exchange

Kenilworth / Amy & Earl L
What... does that emblem signify? Countess Amy examines the various noble devices and jewels worn by her husband the Earl of Leicester

Kenilworth - Varney
May not my poor poniard serve, honoured madam? - Robert Varney, steward to the Earl of Leicester, presents his wrapped knife to Queen Elizabeth I

Archbishop Tenisons School, Leicester Square, 1899
Photograph showing the exterior of Archbishop Tenisons School at 30 Leicester Square, London, in 1899. This building was built on the site of William Hogarths house in the 18th century

The Royal Panopticon, Leicester Square, London, 1852
Engraving showing the Royal Panopticon of Science and Art, which was being built in Leicester Square during 1852. When constructed the Panopticons dome was somewhat smaller in size than this image

Wylds Great Globe, Leicester Square, London, 1851
Engraving showing the building built for Wylds Great Globe in the early 1850 s. This building housed a 10, 000 sq. foot painting of planet Earth

Leicester Square, London, 1753
Engraving showing a view of Leicester Square in London, 1753

Leicester Square, London, c. 1880
Photograph showing the gardens and surrounding buildings of Leicester Square, London, c.1880

The American Circus at the Alhambra Palace, London, 1858
Engraving showing the American Circus performing at the Alhambra Palace, Leicester Square, London, 1858. The circus was probably Howes and Cushings Great United States Circus

Black Eagle at the Great United States Circus, London, 185
Engraving showing the American trick-horse Black Eagle performing at Howes and Cushings Great United States Circus at the Alhambra, Leicester Square, London, 1858

Roman Antiquities
A group of Roman vases and utensils discovered in Barrow-on-Soar near Leicester. Skeletons were also discovered by labourers digging for limestone

Leicester / Coke / Cook / Davi
Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester Agriculturist

Howden Reservoir
The huge, impressive barrage of Howden Reservoir, north north Derbyshire, built in 1912 to supply water to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield

Roman Mosaic Leicester
A Roman tesselated pavement, (the Cyparrisian Pavement) found below High Cross Street, Leicester in 1675. The mosaic shows Cyparrisus and a deer given to him by the god Apollo

Newton / St Martins Street
SIR ISaC NEWTON English scientists home and observatory at St Martins Street, Leicester Square

Advert / Leicester Shop
Advertising outside a Leicester shop, using all available space

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