Todays trip out was a mini tour of Swithland in Leicestershire. Our first stop was at St Leonard's church on Main Street to see the grave...

Loughborough during a plague – “The Plague continueth” As we are currently living through the pandemic of coronavirus I thought it might...

I returned to my book “Footpath Walks Round Loughborough” today; the walk I attempted today was No 3 in the book ‘ Holywell and...

Footpath Walks Round Loughborough – 70 Years later Recently a book came in to my possession entitled “Footpath Walks Round Loughborough”....

Park Road is one of the main streets of Loughborough. It was named after the medieval (and possibly earlier!) deerpark that originally...

At the beginning of the 19th century, the responsibility for the prevention of crime in England fell mainly on the parish constable in...

As increasing numbers of Victorians began to travel about Britain on the new railways, there arose a demand for souvenirs of places...

Before you begin reading this article , I wish to make abundantly clear that its original author was Andre Becherand of the University of...