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

21. Leicester (12) The National Space Centre and the Abbey Pumping Station Museum

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"

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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.

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