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  Scenes from the
English East and West 'MIDLANDS'
A few snippets of Derbyshire, Leicestershire,
Rutland
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.
The Town of Loughborough
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 Yard, 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
11a.
Leicester
City (5a) St Martin's
Cathedral Church
11b.
Leicester (5b) The Medieval Guildhall
12a.
Leicester (6) The medieval Wygston's House, St Margaret's Church
& statue & two Victorian Gothic Revival Churches *
12b. The
Interior of St Margaret's Church
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
15a.
Leicester
City (9) New Walk, Sculptures * 15b.
Holy
Cross Church * 15c.
Museum & Art Gallery
16.
Leicester
City (10) The Clock Tower, Sporting
sculpture, Leicester Market & Town Hall
17.
Leicester
City (11)
Area around Orton Square, East St Martins & 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.
Loughborough Workshop & Shed Scenes * 20d.
GCR Diesels*
20e.
The
GR8 Escape April 2011
VIDEO of GR8 ESCAPE on the Great Central Railway April 2011
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
28.
The Midland Railway Centre
Museum, West Shed - Butterley & Swanwick Junction
29.
Leicester
(13) Knighton Village and Knighton Park
30.
All Saints Church,
Youlgreave Village,
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.
The medieval castle hall at Oakham
The magnificent parish church at Melton
Mowbray
The wonderful steam locomotive trains of
the Great Central heritage railway.
The National Space Centre Museum in
Leicester
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
Midland England docspics photos images pictures © Phil Brown
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