A-Z of Loughborough: Places-People-History Dyer Lynne
A-Z of Loughborough: Places-People-History Dyer Lynne So, what is the significance of the seventeenth-century Sir Thomas Abney to Loughborough, and what is the connection between the young Princess…
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A-Z of Loughborough: Places-People-History Dyer Lynne
So, what is the significance of the seventeenth-century Sir Thomas Abney to Loughborough, and what is the connection between the young Princess Alexandrina, later to become Queen Victoria, and Loughborough? Which industry has its last remaining factory in Loughborough? What is the history of the Bat House, and what is the mysterious Building N on the university campus?
Being on the edge of the Charnwood Forest, Loughborough has woods and spinneys in abundance, but there is still plenty of space for allotments and meadows. What is the meaning of local words like 'jitty' and 'Ingle Pingle', and why is Bottleacre Lane so named? Watercourses criss-cross the town like arteries, running from the heart of the Charnwood Forest, into the River Soar or the Grand Union Canal, and artificial bodies of water have been created on former industrial sites.
In this alphabetical tour around the