Leicester, Guildhall Lane c.1965
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L144086
More about this scene
Leicester grew rapidly in the 18th and 19th centuries, but it continued to be governed from its small medieval Guildhall until 1876. Situated among the somewhat reduced remnants of Georgian Leicester, now tightly grouped in New Street, Peacock Lane and Friar Lane, the building is overshadowed by St Martin's Cathedral (upgraded in 1927 from parish church status). To the rear is the former Alderman Newton's Boys Grammar School, the resited 18th-century foundation of Alderman Gabriel Newton, who lies buried in the churchyard of All Saints, High Cross Street. With its amazing 14th-century timbered Great Hall of the Corpus Christi Guild, the building is open to the public, and will reward the short walk from the city centre.
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