Leicester, LE3 - Old Braunstone

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The photograph on this page of Leicester, LE3 - Old Braunstone by David Hallam-Jones as part of the Geograph project.

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Leicester, LE3 - Old Braunstone

Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 1 Jul 2012

The Shakespeare public house on Main Street with Narborough Road and access to Leicester behind the photographer. These premises were part of a farm (Ashleigh Farm) until 1938, worked by a tenant but owned - until the early 1950's - by a Mr Shakespeare, the senior partner of Shakespeare, McTurk & Graham, Leicester auctioneers. The premises opened as The Shakespeare Inn in 1954 having been duly converted. The farm buildings and ponds that previously occupied the site were levelled to create the present car park. A brick dated "1655" has been identified within its structure.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.618598
Longitude
-1.179741