Market harborough

THE TUDOR CROWN UNEARTHED

May 23, 2021

anniversaries, art, battles, religion

“Lancastrian”, Charles I, crown, English Civil War, Henry VI, Henry VII, Henry VIII, insanity, Market harborough, metal detecting, Naseby, Oliver Cromwell, St. Edmund, St. Edward the Confessor

A metal detector enthusiast has come up with an impressive find that may be worth a cool £2 million. Tucked away in a hole in a field field near Market Harborough was a tiny figure made of pure gold. This figure is believed to be from the ‘Tudor Crown’ designed by Henry VII for state…
A piece of Richard’s sarcophagus….

May 20, 2020

archaeology, buildings, Events, religion

Leicester, Leicester cathedral, Market harborough, music, Nevill Holt Opera, Picnic Chapel, Richard III

Here is an interesting little comment: “….in the Picnic Chapel, which contains a small stone that is a remaining part of the stone used to make Richard III’s sarcophagus in Leicester Cathedral….” This stone is at Nevill Holt Opera, near Market Harborough, and the sentence is right at the end of this link. this…
Another Leicestershire transport pioneer

Oct 23, 2017

buildings, travel

companies, Leicester cathedral, Leicester station, Leicestershire, Loughborough, Market harborough, Richard III, statues, temperance, Thomas Cook, transport

Here, we showed how the hansom cab was patented in 1834 by a Hinckley man. Just seven years later, a Market Harborough resident was transporting Temperance Society colleagues the short distance from Leicester (Campbell Street) to Loughborough. Campbell Street station no longer remains but Thomas Cook (left) now stands at the entrance of London Road station, where…

Market harborough

THE TUDOR CROWN UNEARTHED

A piece of Richard’s sarcophagus….

Another Leicestershire transport pioneer