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A History of the County of Leicester
… of the west end of the hall was demolished in 1902, when a road was cut through the west end of the Newarke to the new … Goodacre of Leicester was built along the line of the new road and at an angle to the remains of the old hall. 168 The … sum to the building of St. John's Church, Clarendon Park Road. 202 In 1955 they housed four elderly women. The income …
A History of the County of Leicester
… 'from the Rawdykes across Peatlingway (the present Welford Road) to the furlong which leads to the windmills'. 78 This … of the group of mills which stood near the top of London Road by the old toll bar, near the present Victoria Park … the cemetery site and two others, further down the London Road, near the present London Road railway station. Another …
A History of the County of Leicester
… Archdeacon Lane Memorial church was opened in Buckminster Road in 1939. 37 A new Baptist church was being built in 1955 … chapels were built in the 19th century: King Richard's Road (1880, by A. E. Sawday), 48 Aylestone Road (1874, sold to be a furniture repository in 1953), …
A History of the County of Leicester
… at Belgrave. 16 The church of the Sacred Heart in Mere Road was established in 1882 by a missioner sent by the Roman … St. Joseph of Peace, Newark, whose convent is also in Mere Road. 17 On the west side of the city is the church of St. … on the corner of Leamington Street and King Richard's Road. The present church was begun in 1905 and completed with …
A History of the County of Leicester
… boundary was bounded by the Soar on the north, the Gartree road to the west and south-west, and by the line of Mere Road on the east and south-east. To the west, the parish … for the removal of the building, which obstructed the road in the very centre of the town, and it was finally …
A History of the County of Leicester
… present Town Hall Square. The new Cattle Market in Welford Road was opened in 1872. The sheep market was originally held …
A History of the County of Leicester
… through the whole area within the walls. This important road, now known as Southgate Street for the southern portion … London and the south reached Leicester by means of the road from Welford, and entered the borough through the South … Leicester, stretching from the line of the Roman Gartree Road 18 on the east to the meadows bordering the Soar on the …
A History of the County of Leicester
… widening of existing streets and partly a completely new road cut through, when the railway was built, to connect the … frontispiece map, and Ellis, Map of Leic. (1828). The new road was built between c. 1898 and 1900, when there were …
A History of the County of Leicester
… or other fortifications. A wide moulded arch forms the road entrance into the Newarke and there were domestic rooms … portion of the liberty into an important through road. The drastic demolitions necessary to create a highway …
A History of the County of Leicester
… which ran across the island from the West Bridge, to a road called Duns Lane, near the island's eastern bank. The …