You are here: Explore your past > Great Easton
Great Easton, Leicestershire
Great Easton maps
Historic maps of Great Easton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Great Easton maps
Historic map of Great Easton
Illustrated Victorian map of Leicestershire
Historic Map of any Great Easton postcode
Great Easton books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Great Easton and the local area. View all Great Easton books
Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Leicestershire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories
Paperback
£14
You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Great Easton
No memories of Great Easton have been shared yet - be the first!
Add your memory of Great Easton
or of a photo of Great Easton.
Leicestershire memories
My great great grandfather lived here.
My grandfather William Keightley moved to Sheffield, Yorkshire in the 1890s.
He was born in one of these cottages, as was my great grandfather Albert Keightley. On the 1871 Census he is listed at no. 44 Cottage and on the 1881 Census he is listed at no. 31 cottage with the "White Hart" Inn as No. 32.
I would love to... [more]
Shared on 07 May 2007
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
I lived in Seaton from the very early 1950s to the very early 1970s. My happy memories are: going down to the River Welland in Harringworth and fishing, going down to Seaton railway station and watching the trains go through. Seaton station in the 1950s and 1960s was a very important station, with trains running from Peterborough to Rugby, and single... [more]
Shared on 23 October 2009
Bridge over river/stream, Back Lane
I was born in South Luffenham in 1942, some time later (I must have 10 or 11) I can remember helping the butcher on his round, his name was Mr Lake and he came from Wing. He had a old blue van if I remember correctly. I can remember him stopping in the stream as it was still a water splash... [more]
Shared on 21 May 2009
Extracts From Great Easton & Leicestershire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Great Easton, inspired by Frith photos.
Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley. In an area of architectural gems (Rockingham Castle, Lyddington Bede House and Stoke Dry parish church), the village has a number of good ironstone houses of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries arranged around two greens. The photograph, looking... [more]
This is an extract from Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley. In an area of architectural gems (Rockingham Castle, Lyddington Bede House and Stoke Dry parish church), the village has a number of good ironstone houses of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries arranged around two greens. The photograph, looking... [more]
This is an extract from Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
On the east side of the village, overlooking the Welland Valley, the church for the most part dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, including the tower and its broach spire. Ewan Christian, a rather dreary architect, rebuilt the spire in exact facsimile during his restoration work of 1864. A panelled Jacobean pulpit survives, and so does a somewhat eroded 14th-century monument.
This is an extract from Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
