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    A short history of Belgrave Hall and Belgrave House

    Belgrave in the early eighteenth century was a small village near, but not, as now, part of Leicester. The Soar was bridged here, and…
    • Old Belgrave

    The First Horse Drawn Tram at Belgrave

    The first tramways in Leicester started horse-pulled operation in 1874, by the Leicester Tramways Company. The first route was from the Clock Tower to…
    • Old Belgrave, Trams

    The First Electric Tram at Belgrave

    This image, take from a postcard that was posted in 1904, shows the first city-bound electric tram service ready to leave Thurcaston Road on…
    • Old Belgrave, Postcards, Trams

    19th century Belgrave people

    Photographs of  some of the residents of “the affluent borough” as Belgrave became known in the 17th and 18th century….
    • Old Belgrave, People of Belgrave

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    • Old Belgrave, People of Belgrave

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