Images of Loughborough

Author: Trevor Hickman

Images of Loughborough

Images of Loughborough and District is a fascinating new book featuring the town of Loughborough and the 13 hamlets and villages that surround it. Each chapter of this book includes historic photographs and some often unusual drawings and engravings.
The ‘Off The Salt Way’ chapter covers the villages of Cotes, Prestwold, Burton-on-the-Wolds and Walton-on-the-Wolds. The chapter on Loughborough has a particular emphasis on the markets, museums, Great Central Railway and ‘The Bells’, a collection of bells produced in the town including the famous bell for St Paul’s Cathedral, the Great Paul, which was cast in 1882.
‘The Soar Valley’ chapter focuses on the villages of Barrow-upon-Soar, Mountsorrel and Quorn, the village where modern fox hunting was pioneered by ‘the father of fox hunting’ Mr Hugo Meynell. There is also an in-depth look at the villages to the west of Loughborough, including Garendon Park, Shepshed, Dishley and Hathern. Woodhouse, Beaumanor Hall and Woodhouse Eaves are also investigated, in the chapter entitled ‘“Eaves” and the Woods’.
Many other fascinating aspects of the area are also explored, including the Grand Union Canal as it makes its way along the Soar Valley to Loughborough.
Religion has always played an important part of village life in this part of the country, and this book contains a fine historic record of the monuments and churches that were built and erected throughout the district.
Containing a captivating collection of early 20th-century photographs, Images of Loughborough and District provides a glimpse into the region’s beautiful and historic past.