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Anstey, Leicestershire
Anstey maps
Historic maps of Anstey and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Anstey maps
Historic map of Anstey
Illustrated Victorian map of Leicestershire
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Anstey books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Anstey and the local area. View all Anstey books
Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
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Leicestershire Photographic Memories
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Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories
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5 Anstey photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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The building in your picture was called the 'new shops'. I recall going up there with my dad, Roy Austin, when it was being built. It must have been before 1960 I guess. I was born in 1949. The shops in that block included Boots, Wilkinsons, Forbouys, Greasleys, and the Co-op I believe. Behind the shops was the library, which was... [more]
Shared on 01 August 2009
My Great grandfather was born in Newtown Linford 1879
Daniel Gretton : Born: abt 1854
Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England
Died: 1913
Resided in Village Street, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England
Daniel was dis - owned by his family, and his very name expunged from the family records, for either or both sins. Of having no ambition or having married a Jewess.
Eliza Cook
Born: 1854
Leire,... [more]
Shared on 07 January 2008
I too was brought up in Rothley. I lived at 72, Woodgate. At the time it was the local telephone exchange, operated manually, my mother being the night operator. I remember George Hunt well, along with the Elkingtons, I used to get my sweets and collect Archie Andrews lollypop sticks! There was Mr Brewin who sold bicycles and all sorts of electrical... [more]
Shared on 06 October 2009
Rothley is and always will be my home no matter where in the world i live, It is 36 Years since i resided on Woodgate my father is George Hunt, he owned the Barbers shop at no 19 untill his retirement almost 25 years ago.
When i lived on Woodgate we had Betty Smith the chemist on one side of... [more]
Shared on 20 November 2007
Extracts From Anstey & Leicestershire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Anstey, inspired by Frith photos.
Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories
Straddling Rothley Brook, the medieval bridge is a feature of this large village that has grown considerably since the last war. Folklore tells of the machine-wrecking by a local, Ned Ludd, in the early 19th century; he was imitated by others in the area as a protest against the mechanisation of the knitting industry - hence the term 'Luddite'.
This is an extract from Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories.
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Leicester Photographic Memories
The 16th-century stone bridge steps quietly by way of its five arches across the reedy Rothley Brook; the original roadway into the village is now reduced to a footpath. Isolated, as the road now crosses the water to its north, the bridge seems to take about itself an air of romance, probably associated with the image of luxury-laden animals in fact, their loads rarely amount- ed... [more]
This is an extract from Leicester Photographic Memories.
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Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
On the south-east side of the village the five-arch stone bridge, perhaps of the 16th century, steps quietly across the very reedy Rotherby Brook. The view looks south-east towards the newly aligned A46 trunk road, with all its speed and noise. This was the original roadway into the village, now reduced in stature to a footpath, as the road now crosses the water... [more]
This is an extract from Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories.
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