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Rearsby maps

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

Rearsby map

Historic map of Rearsby

Leicestershire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Leicestershire

Rearsby map

Historic Map of any Rearsby postcode

Rearsby maps
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Rearsby photos

We have no photos of Rearsby, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Queniborough, Gaddesby, Syston, Cossington, Sileby, Frisby On The Wreake, Thurmaston, Rothley, Mountsorrel, Asfordby, Barrow Upon Soar

Rearsby books

Displaying 3 of 8 books about Rearsby and the local area.   View all Rearsby books

Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
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£14

Leicestershire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories
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£14

Rearsby books
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Memories of Rearsby

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Leicestershire memories

the cottage on The Green

The cottage on the left of this photo was where my great grandfather and his ten children lived at the turn of the 20th century. He was a butcher. There was a slaughterhouse at the back of the property. They lived there from about 1895 to 1908.

Shared on 04 December 2007 by Marianne Head.

Barn Croft.

The house in the middle is where I lived from 1972. The address is 62 Main Street and the house was called Barn Croft. The house on the right was a farm and the house that the middle house was built on was part of the farmyard. When the farm closed, one of the daughters had this built... [more]

Shared on 06 April 2006 by The Frith Memory Archivist.

Woodgate

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 by Sue Marriott.

Growing up in Rothley

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 by Sandie Lee.

Extracts From Rearsby & Leicestershire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Rearsby, 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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