Melton Mowbray's market is mentioned in Domesday Book.
Carved from local Swithland slate in the first half of the eighteenth century, 'Belvoir Angel' headstones are a feature of this parish, which is fi
Stoke Golding, a village just three miles north-west of Hinckley in the south of the county, has a particularly fine parish church.
Puritan Matthew Clark, rector of Narborough 1658-60, was preaching in 14 different parishes across the county in 1669, and was imprisoned three tim
The path around the reservoir makes Thornton an attractive place for walkers.
Ibstock is one of Leicestershire's largest villages.
Leire is a small village in Leicestershire, four miles north of Lutterworth and twelve miles south-west of Leicester.
Some 7 miles south of Leicester, Kilby is a rural village of approximately 100 households and is unusual in having four farmyards opening directly
Kirby Muxloe castle, now in the ownership of English Heritage, is one of the earliest brick buildings in Leicestershire.
