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Arthingworth, Leicestershire

Arthingworth maps

Historic maps of Arthingworth and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Arthingworth maps

Arthingworth map

Historic map of Arthingworth

Leicestershire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Leicestershire

Arthingworth map

Historic Map of any Arthingworth postcode

Arthingworth maps
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Arthingworth photos

We have no photos of Arthingworth, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Desborough, Market Harborough, Rothwell, Great Bowden, Naseby, Lubenham

Arthingworth books

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Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Leicestershire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories
Paperback
£14

Arthingworth books
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Memories of Arthingworth

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Leicestershire memories

my earliest memories

I was born at Kettering General Hospital in 1942. My father was the village policeman in Wilbarston since 1939 and we lived there until I was five years old in 1947 when my father was posted to the other end of the county. Wilbarston was perhaps the place I have always regarded as 'home' and I still feel a tingle of... [more]

Shared on 14 August 2009 by Derek Smith.

Alma Friston nee Oldfield

I was born in Smeeton on April 23rd 1935. I remember staying with a Mr and Mrs Webb. As you approached Smeeton there were cottages on the left hand side, we stayed in the last one next to a lane. The cows came up this lane everyday for milking, quite often straying on to the garden, it was our job to... [more]

Shared on 05 June 2006 by Alma Friston.

The wall.

I sat on this wall so often when someone helped me up with 'a leggy'. It seemed so high then! I think it's fallen down now.

Shared on 14 June 2009 by Maureen Evans.

SPORTS DAY

I went to the little village school opposite the pub in the village. We only had one classroom for children from 5 to 11 and a yard, so we had our sports in a field on the Shearsby road.

Shared on 14 June 2009 by Maureen Evans.

Extracts From Arthingworth & Leicestershire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Arthingworth, inspired by Frith photos.

Leicester Photographic Memories

Close to the road, the solid but impressive ashlar tower dominates the immediate street scene with its substantial angled buttresses and crocketted finials; these are not 15th-century, but were added in 1832, after the collapse of the original tower, by the local architect William Flint (1801-1862), whose specialism was Greek Revival. The body of the church is fairly run-of-the-mill with its four-bay... [more]

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Leicester Photographic Memories

Castle Yard c1965. The Great Hall, built by Robert, Earl of Leicester around 1150, cannot compare with that of Oakham Castle of c1180, some twenty miles east of the city, as an example of Norman architecture; but as part of the extensive remains of Leicester Castle and its town defences, it is quite remarkable. Although the building has been pared down from its original aisled form, and has been provided... [more]

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Leicester Photographic Memories

A picturesque view, whose general outlook has altered quite radically since 1955. St Paul's school to the left, dating from 1835 with its Tudoresque details and gable end bell-cote, has changed dramatically to become a residential property. The entrance door remains in situ, but the stone mullion and transom windows have gone in favour of unattractive modern replacements; strangely, the bell-cote now resides in... [more]

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