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Introducing some of Melton's most historic sites, included in the National Heritage List for England. Some of these captions have been summarised by AI. Click through for the official List entry. Skip this section and go to place by numbers
Belvoir Castle
Belvoir
Extensive landscape park and various gardens, mostly early C19 but incorporating late C17 elements, largely laid out to a plan of 1780 by Capablility Brown, and associated with a...
Kirby Bellars Priory
Kirby Bellars
Kirby Bellars Priory is an important moated site with historical significance. Founded in 1316, it became an Augustinian priory in 1359 before its dissolution in 1534.
The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray
The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray is a rare Norman fortification in Leicestershire, significant for studying Norman Britain and the feudal system.
Stapleford Hall
Freeby
Stapleford Hall, remodeled and expanded by the Sherards and later owners, features gardens and parkland landscaped by Lancelot Brown in the 1770s, now functioning as a hotel.
St Mary and St Lazarus Hospital, moated site and two fish…
Burton and Dalby
Burton Lazars was England's most significant leprosy hospital, featuring well-preserved medieval remains, moats, and fishponds, emphasizing permanent isolation and treatment for leprosy...
Shoby Priory
Grimston
Shoby Priory is a historically significant farmhouse featuring early 16th to 20th-century architecture, originally linked to Launde Abbey.
Former Grammar School
Wymondham
The former Grammar School, established in 1637 by Sir John Sedley, is now a social club featuring 19th-century architectural alterations.
Somerby House
Somerby
Somerby House, a 17th-century structure, features ironstone and limestone with various historical alterations and additions.
Church of St Egelwin the Martyr
Scalford
The Church of St Egelwin the Martyr, built across the 13th to 19th centuries, features impressive architectural elements and historical artifacts, including a 1520 brass and a 1750 clock...
Coventry House and Claret Lodge
Melton Mowbray
House with an C18 core remodelled in the mid-C19 as a hunting lodge.
Former Lace Factory
Stathern
A late-C19 former lace factory, extended in the late C19 or early C20 and altered in the C20.
Park House
Gaddesby
Park House, built around 1790 with 1900 additions, features a brick exterior with ashlar dressings, glazing bar sashes, and distinctive architectural elements like a billiard room and...
Cold Overton Hall and Adjoining Garden Walls
Knossington and Cold Overton
Cold Overton Hall, built around 1664 by John St.John, features extensive murals, paneling, and fireplaces from the 17th century, with notable alterations in 1914.
Cranyke Farmhouse
Eaton
Cranyke Farmhouse, built around 1810, features an ironstone facade with limestone dressings and a slate roof. It showcases late 19th-century horned sashes and early 19th-century casements.
Crown and Plough Inn
Clawson, Hose and Harby
The Crown and Plough Inn, a public house in Long Clawson, dates back to 1730, having undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Old Rectory
Broughton and Old Dalby
The former rectory, now The Old Rectory, was built in 1795 and extended in the early 19th century for Rev. Noble, showcasing red brick and period architectural elements.
The Manor House
Wymondham
The Manor House, a listed early 18th-century manor with alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries, showcases architectural features like a Doric porch and distinctive dormers.
Manor Farmhouse
Clawson, Hose and Harby
Manor Farmhouse is significant for its complex historical evolution from an aristocratic residence to two humbler dwellings, retaining original architectural features like a large open...
Brooksby Station
Hoby with Rotherby
Brooksby Station, designed by William Parsons in 1846-8, features Italianate style with a hipped slate roof and limestone dressings.
The Hermitage
Gaddesby
The Hermitage is a historic late 18th-century house with 19th and 20th-century additions, featuring brick and half-timbered construction with Swithland slate roofs and multiple sash windows.
Chestnut Farmhouse
Burton and Dalby
Chestnut Farmhouse is a late 18th-century farmhouse with 19th-century additions, featuring ironstone, brick, and limestone construction with slate roofs and notable architectural details.
Church of St John the Baptist
Buckminster
The Church of St. John the Baptist, dating from the 13th to 15th centuries, features a restored vestry, notable spire, medieval tracery, and various historical fittings and memorials.
Gateway Cottage
Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold
Gateway Cottage is a 17th-century house with alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries, featuring limestone rubble, a thatched roof, and unique window arrangements.
Redmile House
Redmile
Redmile House, originally listed as Home Farmhouse, is a late 18th-century brick house with a slate roof located on Main Street, Redmile.
Church of St Mary
Bottesford
The Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed parish church with architectural elements dating from the 13th to 19th centuries, featuring ornate stonework and notable monuments to the de Roos...
Church of All Saints
Belvoir
The Church of All Saints in Knipton, featuring a C13 tower and chancel, underwent restorations in 1845-46 and 1869.
The Old Vicarage
Clawson, Hose and Harby
The Old Vicarage, dated 1734 with 19th and 20th-century alterations, showcases red brick in Flemish bond. Key features include heart-shaped limestone datestone and distinct casement windows.
Providence Cottage
Bottesford
Providence Cottage is a historic 18th-century brick house on Rectory Lane, notable for its original 1723 construction and initials on the south gable.
Church of St Michael
Ab Kettleby
The Church of St Michael in AB Kettleby, originally from the 13th century, was restored in the 19th and mid-20th centuries. Features include notable nave arches and historical monuments.
Church of St Peter
Redmile
The Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed parish church with 14th-century origins, featuring a C15 tower, notable historical architecture, and a distinct octagonal spire.
Anglo-Scandinavian cross, St Bartholomew's churchyard
Sproxton
The Anglo-Scandinavian cross at St Bartholomew's churchyard demonstrates regional and chronological design variations, with a complete cross-head and Scandinavian-influenced decoration.
King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow
Croxton Kerrial
King Lud's Intrenchments is believed to be part of an ancient boundary system with religious significance, possibly from the Bronze Age, marking territorial holdings.
The Old Vicarage
Ab Kettleby
The Old Vicarage, dated 1769 and extended in the early 19th century, is a former vicarage featuring red brick design, Tuscan pilasters, and a notable staircase.
Market Cross
Bottesford
The Market Cross in Bottesford, dating from the 15th century, features a limestone base with de Roos arms and has undergone significant 20th-century repairs.
19, Melton Road and Holm Farm, 19A, Melton Road
Clawson, Hose and Harby
19 Melton Road, originally dated 1777, features red brick construction and a Swithland slate roof. It was divided into multiple residences in 2009.
Church of St Peter
Grimston
The Church of St Peter features 13th to 15th-century architecture, restored in 1856-7, with ironstone ashlar and intricate tracery in the windows. Notable monuments include Robert Brokesby.
Brooksby Hall
Hoby with Rotherby
Brooksby Hall, a late 16th-century country house, was transformed by architects and notable figures like Sir Edwin Lutyens and housed historical figures like George Villiers, Duke of...
Rushland Cottage
Clawson, Hose and Harby
Rushland Cottage is an early to mid-18th-century house altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features red brick construction, limestone masonry, and casement windows.
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This timeline shows the first period of use for buildings and places on the National Heritage List for England, just one of the details recorded for every list entry. Click around to see how Melton changes over time. Skip this section and go to aerial photos
Prehistoric Before AD 43
Prehistory covers a million years of human occupation before the Roman invasion, from hunter-gatherers of several human species, including Neanderthals, to more recent herders and farmers. It was a time of developing technologies and belief systems, involving contact with and migration from Europe, all reflected in the variety of artefact and monument types characteristic of particular prehistoric periods.
Early medieval AD 410 to AD 1066
This period, often associated in England with Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, saw a reduction in urban living from the Roman period and increased migration from northern Europe.
Traces of this period can be found in cemeteries, particularly in artefacts and in some of the very early churches, as this period also saw the growth of Christianity in Britain.
Medieval AD 1066 to AD 1540
This period, sometimes known as the Middle Ages, began with the Norman invasion in AD 1066. It saw a significant rise in military and defensive buildings such as castles and earthworks, as well as religious houses dominating a largely agricultural landscape.
The monarchy and Church dominated the period, which also saw the break with the Roman Catholic Church and the English reformation.
Post medieval AD 1540 to AD 1901
The Post-Medieval period brought seismic changes to life in England, with religious reformation leading to the democratization of worship and the destruction of hundreds of religious houses.
In parallel, there was a huge expansion of scientific study and enlightenment that permanently altered the nation's social structure and landscape. Industrialization and mass production lead to wider global trade, emigration, and immigration.
20th century AD 1901 to AD 2000
The 20th century saw an incredible expansion of England's transport networks, with suburban growth shadowing rapid infrastructural expansion. The establishment of state schools, hospitals, and modern technical colleges, with new architectural styles, radically changed the appearance of towns and cities.
Two catastrophic world wars and the 1918 pandemic also brought unprecedented change, altering England's built environment and social structures forever.
Prehistoric Before AD 43
Prehistory covers a million years of human occupation before the Roman invasion, from hunter-gatherers of several human species, including Neanderthals, to more recent herders and farmers. It was a time of developing technologies and belief systems, involving contact with and migration from Europe, all reflected in the variety of artefact and monument types characteristic of particular prehistoric periods.
Early medieval AD 410 to AD 1066
This period, often associated in England with Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, saw a reduction in urban living from the Roman period and increased migration from northern Europe.
Traces of this period can be found in cemeteries, particularly in artefacts and in some of the very early churches, as this period also saw the growth of Christianity in Britain.
Medieval AD 1066 to AD 1540
This period, sometimes known as the Middle Ages, began with the Norman invasion in AD 1066. It saw a significant rise in military and defensive buildings such as castles and earthworks, as well as religious houses dominating a largely agricultural landscape.
The monarchy and Church dominated the period, which also saw the break with the Roman Catholic Church and the English reformation.
Post medieval AD 1540 to AD 1901
The Post-Medieval period brought seismic changes to life in England, with religious reformation leading to the democratization of worship and the destruction of hundreds of religious houses.
In parallel, there was a huge expansion of scientific study and enlightenment that permanently altered the nation's social structure and landscape. Industrialization and mass production lead to wider global trade, emigration, and immigration.
20th century AD 1901 to AD 2000
The 20th century saw an incredible expansion of England's transport networks, with suburban growth shadowing rapid infrastructural expansion. The establishment of state schools, hospitals, and modern technical colleges, with new architectural styles, radically changed the appearance of towns and cities.
Two catastrophic world wars and the 1918 pandemic also brought unprecedented change, altering England's built environment and social structures forever.
Aerial photos of Melton
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Belvoir
Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, 1947
Belvoir
Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, 1948
Melton Mowbray
The town, Melton Mowbray, 1926
Melton Mowbray
The town, Melton Mowbray, 1953
Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray Gas Works and the town, Melton Mowbray, 1938
Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray Gas Works, Brook Street and environs, Melton Mowbray, 1938
Melton Mowbray
The Midland Woodworking Co Joinery Works, Melton Mowbray, 1932
Melton Mowbray
The Midland Woodworking Saw Mill and the surrounding residential area, Melton Mowbray, 1936
Somerby
Burrough Hill Iron Age hill fort, Somerby, 1953
Somerby
Burrough Hill Iron Age hill fort and the surrounding countryside, Somerby, 1953
Melton in the Historic England Archive
The Historic England Archive cares for over 15 million images, dating from the 1850s to the present day. Discover stunning images of Melton's past. Skip this section and go to stories about heritage
Charles George Harper Collection
Melton, Leicestershire
Date created: 1892 - 1933
The Market Cross, stocks and whipping post on Market Street, with the Bull Hotel in the background, and a tandem bicycle leaning against a wall
John Gay Collection: Counties
Melton Mowbray, Melton, Leicestershire
Date created: 1950 - 1954
A view at night of Burton Street covered in snow, showing Esso petrol pumps in the foreground and buildings on the west side of the street from Melton...
John Laing Collection
Melton, Leicestershire
Date created: 06 May 1971
Looking through a large diameter steel pipe at the Bottesford pre-yield depot
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company
Melton, Leicestershire
Date created: 14 Mar 1885
A small group of thatched buildings, possibly forming a farmstead, in Frisby on the Wreake.
John Laing Collection
Melton, Leicestershire
Date created: 06 May 1971
The interior of a large corrugated steel fabrication shop at the Bottesford pre-yield depot, showing workers cutting and welding pipework
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company
Melton, Leicestershire
Date created: 14 Mar 1885
Two children and a man wearing a wooden leg beside the village cross on Main Street, with a young woman carrying a pail on the far side of the road
John Laing Collection
Melton, Leicestershire
Date created: 06 May 1971
A worker tightening bolts on a complex piece of pipework at the Bottesford pre-yield depot
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company
Melton, Leicestershire
Date created: 1890
A photograph of a map showing the location of a newly uncovered Anglo - Saxon cemetery relative to the villages of Freeby, Saxby and Stapleford.
Stories about heritage in your local area
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5 Chilling Tales From Churches in England
Mentions Church of St Mary
Uncover spooky stories of dark magic and local legends at five of England’s most atmospheric churches.
Remembering the Battle of Waterloo
Mentions Church of St Luke
Today marks the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.
Extent of Heritage and Cultural Property Crime in England Revealed
Mentions Church of St Denys, Church of St Helen
New research funded by Historic England identifies the range of active and emerging threats to the historic environment.
Heritage Across the Country Benefits from Latest Funding from the Culture Recovery Fund
Mentions Melton
Over 470 heritage organisations across the country to benefit from the second round of Culture Recovery Fund grants
More Lifeline Grants for Culture in All Corners of the Country
Mentions Melton
Lifeline grants from the latest round of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund will protect a further 162 heritage organisations.
Battle of Jutland Memorials Listed
Mentions Church of St Michael
Historic England marks the centenary of the Battle of Jutland with new and upgraded listings
Melton's social history through photos
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Windmill, Main Street, Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire
Period: Georgian (1714 - 1836)
This type of windmill is known as a smock mill. This one was built in the early 1800s.
Windmill, Main Street, Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire
The Earl of Rutland Hospital, Rectory Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Period: Tudor (1485 - 1602)
This hospital (almshouse) was begun in 1593 by the Countess of Rutland, wife of the fourth Earl.
The Earl of Rutland Hospital, Rectory Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire
The Bedehouses, Saxby Road, Stapleford, Leicestershire
Period: Georgian (1714 - 1836)
These almshouses were built in 1732-3 by the Earl of Harborough. They were then enlarged and remodelled in the Picturesque style in 1820.
The Bedehouses, Saxby Road, Stapleford, Leicestershire
Stocks and Whipping Post, Market Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Period: Georgian (1714 - 1836)
These stocks and whipping post were built in the late 18th century. The stocks have two pairs of ankle holes.
Stocks and Whipping Post, Market Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Maison Dieu Bedehouses, Burton Street, Melton Mobray, Leicestershire
Period: Stuart (1603 - 1713)
These almshouses were built in 1640. They were founded by a gift of Robert Hudson.
Maison Dieu Bedehouses, Burton Street, Melton Mobray, Leicestershire
Former Grammar School, Chapel Lane, Wymondham, Leicestershire
Period: Stuart (1603 - 1713)
This school was built in 1637. It was founded by the Sir John Sedley Educational Foundation.
Former Grammar School, Chapel Lane, Wymondham, Leicestershire
Former British School, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Period: Victorian (1837 - 1901)
This school was built as a British School in 1839.
Former British School, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire
Period: Stuart (1603 - 1713)
Robert de Todeni built the first Belvoir Castle in the late 11th century. The name appears for the first time as Belvedere in a document dated 1130.
Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire
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Squires Monument, NW of Church of St James, Melton Road, Burton Lazars, Melton, Leicestershire
This chest tomb is surmounted by an elaborate monument. It was erected by the executors of William Squire and is dated 1781.
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