Showing posts with label Smeeton Westerby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smeeton Westerby. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Fighting breaks out at Kibworth vs Gumley cricket match in 1873

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At Kibworth library today in connection with a thing, I came across this report from the  Leicester Chronicle (2 August 1873): The cricket ...
Friday, April 07, 2023

From Foxton to Smeeton Westerby via Debdale Wharf

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If you are one of the dwindling band of survivors of the 1985 Liberal Party Assembly at the Caird Hall in Dundee, then this is where your pr...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

Two Leicester exhibitions: Ladybird Books and the Imperial Typewriters strike

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I braved the rain and went into Leicester today to visit two exhibitions. The first was The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Book Art...
Saturday, July 09, 2016

Leicestershire landscape

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The road from Saddington to Smeeton Westerby.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Christ Church, Smeeton Westerby

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It may look older, but Smeeton Westerby church was not built until the middle of the 19th century. The site it occupies is situated betwe...
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Saturday, October 22, 2011

The framework knitters of Smeeton Westerby

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The Leicestershire village of Smeeton Westerby was originally two hamlets: Smeeton and Westerby. Today it (just) retains separate from Ki...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Smeeton Westerby by night

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Smeeton Westerby is a village near Market Harborough that has so far escaped the attention of this blog. But it does feature in today's ...
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