Main Street, Scraptoft near Leicester

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Main Street, Scraptoft near Leicester

Image: © Kate Jewell Taken: 3 Jan 2006

Scraptoft Post Office and Stores is at the junction of Main Street with Scaptoft Rise and Hamilton Lane. Scraptoft is a village on the eastern edge of Leicester, fast being gobbled up by suburban sprawl. See http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22069 for information and history of the village.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.645213
Longitude
-1.048144