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  Scenes from the
English 'MIDLANDS'
A few snippets of Derbyshire, Leicestershire
and Nottinghamshire so
far
Interesting places
to visit, places to stay, good walking areas
 
1.
Southwell Minster,
Nottinghamshire
2.
Monsal Dale,
Derbyshire, the Barrel Pub and
the Mompesson Well
3.
Eyam, Derbyshire (1) Village houses and their sad
plague tales
4.
Eyam (2) The Parish Church
of St Lawrence with its Saxon Cross
5.
Eyam (3) Other buildings
in the main street of the village
6.
Four Village Churches in
rural Leicestershire - Tugby, Illston-on-the-Hill, Gaulby, Kings Norton
7.
Leicester
City (1)
De Montfort Hall, around Victoria Park, War Memorials and interesting
temples and 'domestic' buildings south of the Park
8a.
Leicester
City (2a) Castle House and
the external architectural features of St Mary de Castro Church
8b.
Leicester (2b) The interior architectural features of St Mary de Castro Church,
Leicester
9.
Leicester
City (3) The Newarke
Houses Museum and the Turret Gateway
10.
Leicester
City (4) A miscellany of
locations and buildings - Jain Centre, Magazine Gatehouse, Castle
Park-Gardens, Grand Union Canal Bridge
11.
Leicester
City (5) St Martin's
Cathedral Church and Medieval Guildhall
12.
Leicester (6) The medieval Wygston's House, St Margaret's Church
& statue & two Victorian Gothic Revival Churches
13.
Leicester
City (7) The
Jewry Wall, Roman Baths, Museum & St Nicholas Church
14.
Leicester
City (8) All Saints Church & the Great Central & Leicester
Railway Stations & Thomas Cook statue
15.
Leicester
City (9) The New Walk, Holy Cross Church, Clicker Sculpture and
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery
16.
Leicester
City (10) A sporting
sculpture and Leicester Market
17.
Leicester
City (11)
East St Martins and The Free Grammar School
18.
City of Nottingham (1)
Mapperley area, Sandstone, an old pub and Castle
19.
City of Nottingham (2) Fine
buildings in the centre and a Wollaton Hall trip
20a.
Trip
1 on The Great Central Railway
from Leicester to Loughborough
20b.
Trip
2 on the GCR - The Winter Gala January 2009 and the visit of 70013 Oliver
Cromwell
20c.
More GCR -
Loughborough Workshop & Shed Scenes * 20d.
Diesels
on the GCR
21.
Leicester (12) The National Space Centre and the Abbey Pumping Station Museum
22.
The
Barrow Hill Roundhouse, Railway Centre, Transport Heritage Site
23.
Bakewell, Derbyshire * 24.
Chesterfield, Derbyshire * 25.
Melton
Mowbray, Leicestershire
26a.
Rutland - Oakham (1) Town, Great Hall of Castle *
26b. Rutland - Oakham (2) All Saints Church
27.
Kirby Muxloe Castle
Above left:
The magnificent pyramidal lead west towers Southwell Minster,
Nottinghamshire; Above right: The 8th-9th century Saxon Cross in the
'plague' village of Eyam's
St Lawrence Church
graveyard, Derbyshire.
Recommended books with
local regional and district connections
Colin Ellis
"History in Leicester"
* PLEASE get
further publishing details from the internet. *
Above: The beautifully carved
stonework of the north wall of the medieval church of St Mary de Castro
and adjoining timbered gatehouse of 1445 in the City of Leicester.
Below: The Big Wheel and fine buildings in the City Centre of
Nottingham.
Interesting historic towns and
cities rich in English history, beautiful villages and medieval churches
and industrial archaeology tours, cities and rural walks through pretty
villages and other places to visit in England's Midlands regions. Lots
of tourist attractions and historic heritage sites and places to stay * East Midlands
* West Midlands * England * docspics photos
images pictures © Phil Brown |
