Leicestershire Collection (page 4)

Hallaton Market Cross
The ancient conical Market Cross on the village green at Hallaton, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1950s

Ashby De-La-Zouch Cross
The Cross at Ashby-de-la- Zouch, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1930s

William Lole - 1
WILLIAM LOLE Leicestershire hermit and eccentric, known for the extravagance of his ideas, his speech and his clothing. Date: CIRCA 1850

William Lole - 2
WILLIAM LOLE Leicestershire hermit and eccentric, known for the extravagance of his ideas, his speech and his clothing. Date: CIRCA 1850

Robert Hall of Arnsby
ROBERT HALL churchman at Arnsby, Leicestershire Date: late 18th century

Castle at Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Castle Ruins at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. Date: circa 1890

Dowsing / Leicestershire
Dowsing or water divining in a field in Leicestershire. Date: mid 20th century

The Domesday Book, Leicestershire
The Domesday Book, a record of the resources and taxable values of the boroughs and manors of Leicestershire, extract from the Great Domesday Book Date: c. 1085

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

Monastery of St Bernard, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire
Sketch of the Monastery of St Bernard, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell

Rocks near Hammercliff Ridge, Leicestershire
Sketch of rocks south-east of Hammercliff Ridge, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Swithland Rectory, Leicestershire
Sketch of Swithland Rectory, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Swithland Slate Quarry, Leicestershire
Sketch of Swithland Slate Quarry, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Syenite Rocks, Bradgate Park, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of Syenite Rocks at Bradgate Park adjoining the road at Newtown, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Rural scene near Swithland, Leicestershire
A rural scene near Swithland, Leicestershire, showing men chopping wood by a stream, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Major General Brocklehurst, Cottesmore Hunt
Major General John Fielden Brocklehurst (later Lord Ranksborough, 1852-1921), soldier, courtier and Liberal politician. Seen here as Master of the Cottesmore Hunt (Rutland)

Slate rocks near Newtown, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of remarkable slate rocks at the entrance to Newtown, viewed from Woodhouse, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Syenite Rocks, Old John Hill, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of Syenite Rocks at the foot of Old John Hill near Bradgate Park Plantation, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Syenite Rocks, Hamamercliff, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of Syenite Rocks at Hammercliff, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Rocks at Birchwood Plantation, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of greenstone rocks at Birchwood Plantation near the village of Copt Oak, Charnwood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

St Leonards Church, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of St Leonards Church, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

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

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
The Club House at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, famed for its meat pies -- there was a famous hunt here in the days when foxhunters hunted foxes

Oakham Castle, Rutland / Leicestershire
It doesn t look much like a castle, but just the same this is Rutland Castle, Leicestershire (formerly in the county of Rutland). Date: late 18th century

The Brush Maker
Brushmaking - drawing bristles into stock with wire, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1930s

Normanton Park, Rutland
Distant view of Normanton Park, Rutland (now in Leicestershire) Date: circa 1830

Launde Abbey, Leicestershire, England, is no loner an abbey, but an impressive Elizabethan manor house, built on the site of an Augustinian priory which was founded in 1119. Date: 16th century

Tilton Church Gargoyle
A gargoyle on Tilton Church, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1960s

Norman Font
A very fine Norman font in the Parish Church at Waltham-in- the-Wold, Leicestershire, England. Date: 11th - 12th century

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

Brush Making
Young brushmakers knotting bristles after dipping them in pitch, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1950s

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

Staunton Harold Gateway
The fine stone gateway to the former hall at Staunton Harold Hill, Leicestershire, England. The hall was rebuilt in the mid 17th century by Sir Robert Shirley. Date: 17th century

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

Swithland Woods
Sunshine and shadow in Swithland Woods, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1930s

Scraptoft Market Cross
The old Market Cross, now in the churchyard, at Scraptoft, Leicestershire, England. Date: Medieval

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

British troops in trench, Brown Ridge, Middle East, WW1
British troops in a trench during the taking of Brown Ridge, Middle East, during the First World War. They are the 2nd Leicestershire Regiment, 7th (Indian) Division, Lewis Gun Section

Quarrying Machinery
Steam derrick for raising stone from deep quarries Mount Sorrel granite Company, Leicestershire

Donington Castle / Leics
Donington Castle (or Hall), Leicestershire Date: 1879

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

Vagrants Food Ticket, Hinckley Union, Leicestershire
Ticket issued to a vagrant following his departure from the Hinckley Union workhouse, Leicestershire. When he presented it to the specified person (en route to his next destination)

Loudoun Memorial, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire

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

Lutterworth church, Leicestershire
The church and churchyard at Lutterworth, Leicestershire. John Wyclif was rector here from 1374 to 1384, and it was here that he produced the first translation into English of the Christian Bible

Private of the 17th Regiment of Foot
Private of the 18th Regiment of Foot - The Leicestershire Regiment (later to become the Royal Leicestershire Regiment)

Charnwood Forest
Beacon Hill, in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire

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