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Haunted Leicester
The streets and buildings of Leicester are home to all manner of ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night. Haunted Leicester explores the supernatural side of the city and its surrounding area, seeking out spectres and phantoms and recounting their tales. Within the pages of this book you will find a hooded figure, a murdered landlady and a man who walks through walls as well as many more spooks and unexplained events. From the cathedral and opera house to pubs and streets, this journey around Leicester's spooky spots is sure to appeal to anyone interested in the city's haunted heritage and will provide a wealth of material for late-night ghost stories.
The Illustrated History of Leicester's Suburbs
The Illustrated History of Leicester's Suburbs shows, through a fine selection of photographs from the Leicester Mercury and Leicestershire Record Office, how the countryside, farms and villages developed into the urban streets, residential areas, shopping districts and industrial estates that are so familiar today. In the course of the last 150 years, the outskirts of the city have been transformed, and they have expanded, in a way that would astonish Leicester residents of just a few generations ago. In this detailed and fully illustrated account of the suburbs, Christine Jordan offers a concise history of each district, but she also features local anecdotes and myths and folklore, and she remembers remarkable, sometimes bizarre episodes and notable individuals who played their part in the story. Her survey will be essential reading and reference for everyone who takes an interest in their neighbourhood and in the complex, surprising history of the city itself. Leicester evolved over the centuries, gradually at first, then grew swiftly during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the time of a few generations, small villages on the periphery were absorbed by the city's expansion - by new industry, new housing, civic buildings, roads and amenities. But Christine Jordan shows how these villages retained an identity, and their names have lived on in the urban areas that surround the centre. The origins and development of districts as diverse as Aylestone, Braunstone, Stoneygate, Evington, Spinney Hills and Clarendon Park are recalled in her account, as are the stories of the many other communities that make up the modern city.
AA Street by Street Derby, Leicester, Nottingham: Maxi (AA Street by Street)
A new edition in the AA's ground breaking series of large-scale, street atlases, covering Derby, Leicester and Nottingham. The atlas uses the latest digital data for Britain from Ordnance Survey and the AA and also includes National Grid Referencing as used by the emergency services. All of the maps clearly show recommended restaurants, hotels, one-way streets and car parks with 24-hour petrol stations now highlighted. Featuring a clever use of colour to ensure they can be read under street lighting, these maps are all you need to keep you on the move.
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