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Billesdon, Leicestershire
Billesdon maps
Historic maps of Billesdon and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Billesdon maps
Historic map of Billesdon
Illustrated Victorian map of Leicestershire
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Billesdon books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Billesdon and the local area. View all Billesdon books
Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
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Leicestershire Photographic Memories
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Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories
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4 Billesdon photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Billesdon
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Living at the White Hall, Billesdon (c. 1972 - 1979)
We moved to the White Hall when I was 2, almost 3, and my sister was 5 weeks old! It was a wonderful house to grow up in - lots and lots of space, inside and out, and were were fortunate enough to have ponies and dogs etc. .. an idyllic childhood! I remember the huge walled vegetable garden - and... [more]
Shared on 25 September 2008
My Grandparents Kitty & Reg Nichols by Elaine Waterfield nee Merrikin
My Mum Valerie Merrikin, nee Nichols, was born next to the old pub (recently knocked down) in Skeffington. Grandad Nichols worked at the hall and got the sack because he picked up some wood in the ground for a fire. This meant they lost their home and had to go and live somewhere else, 3 Sunrise Cottage, Brook Lane. When they... [more]
Shared on 12 March 2008
Leicestershire memories
My uncle Alf and Auntie Mary lived in Main Street, Fleckney. Their son was Joe my cousin.
Shared on 23 May 2009
For those who have never been to our village called Kibworth, it is worth noting locals call it "Kibbuth". You live in either "Top Kibbuth"- Kibworth Harcourt or "Bottom Kibbuth"- Kibworth Beauchamp. I myself personally, have lived in both and almost on the boundary of both parishes. For almost the past 40 years (man & boy), I have spent many a... [more]
Shared on 14 May 2007
I was born 1953 and lived in No 94 Main Street until 1966, which is one of the small cottages on the right of the photo. The big house at the bottom of the road was known as "General Jack's", he being a veteran of the Boar and First World Wars. This road was great in the winter of 62-63 when,... [more]
Shared on 04 May 2007
I think Mr Allen was succeeded by his two sons who ran the chemists for some years. Presumably gone now. I also have fond memories of the swimming baths where I learned to swim with my friend Michael Tunnicliffe and of the old library above the baths. Wonderful times.
Shared on 09 May 2009
This was a wonderful wildlife haven for children and I well remember playing for hours on end in the stream which meandered through. We lived in the Vicarage at No 1 London Road and had the idyllic childhood that few seem to remember. I think there were army huts or Nissan huts alongside the run of Fluids Lane and I assume... [more]
Shared on 09 May 2009
A demi paradise, Fluids Lane was at the far end of the village towards Glen Road, I think. It contained a stream, and woods. What wonderful memories I have of that place, nothing can compare, we played for hours damming the stream, climbing trees etc., away from home all day. The lane went on to the fields that housed the air... [more]
Shared on 05 April 2009
Extracts From Billesdon & Leicestershire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Billesdon, inspired by Frith photos.
Leicestershire Photographic Memories
Close to the village, medieval ridge and furrow cultivation has been preserved in its meadows and closes, and on its western edge the back lanes seem to be in an unusually complete state. Many houses have their front doors opening directly onto alleyways and paths, all apparently higgledy-piggledy, saying much about the layout and texture of medieval village life, always under... [more]
This is an extract from Leicestershire Photographic Memories.
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Leicestershire Photographic Memories
The A47 Leicester-Uppingham road forms one side of the roughly triangular market place; although the photograph shows, in the main, modest cottages of 17th- and 18th-century date, more impressive houses are to be found behind the camera. Until recently the long established Geary Brothers, builders and joiners, occupied the building to the right. The Friday market was discontinued at the end... [more]
This is an extract from Leicestershire Photographic Memories.
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Leicester Photographic Memories
An excellent small history of the village has recently been published by the Local History Group, which looks in the main at Billesdon's evolution since the 18th-century enclosures. Oblong in plan, with the church at its southern end and the A47 to the north, the village is entered by long-abandoned medieval roads from Cold Newton to the north, itself a shrunken village, and... [more]
This is an extract from Leicester Photographic Memories.
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