Kibworth Harcourt, Albert Street c.1955
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Harcourt is taken from Harcourt in Normandy, and from Roger de Harewecurt, who held the village in 1202. Until the A6 was pushed between the two villages, it made its way via their narrow rather tortuous streets. At the end of the 20th century, unfortunate changes were inflicted on this view. The houses on the left have been altered in a reasonably complimentary manner, but to the right the mature trees have gone, and the 18th-century garden wall has been mostly demolished to form a new entrance to the Old House. Beyond, an enclave of unspectacular houses has been built - not a happy transformation.
An extract from Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories.
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