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The Illustrated
History of Leicester's Suburbs
Christine Jordan
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 would
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,
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, suprising history of the city itself.
Leicester evolved over the centuries, gradually at
first, then swiftly during the 19th and 20th centuries.
In the space of a few generations, small villages
on the periphery were absorbed by the city’s
expansion. 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.
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