Countesthorpe, Main Street c.1965
Photo ref:
C471013
More about this scene
Few buildings remain which pre-date the Enclosure Acts, effectively extinguishing the ties within rural communi- ties in much of Leicestershire, and indeed the Midland counties. At the head of the street, the white cottage of the later 16th century is one of few survivors, built prior to Enclosure in 1767. The remainder step down the street in chronological order: later 19th-century shops, and the Bull's Head Pub built around the turn of the century. Countesthorpe is an industrialised village of very mixed architectural fortunes.
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