We are grateful to David Lea, the author of the definitive book “Swithland Slate Headstones”, for sharing this account of his family in Belgrave….
Old Belgrave, People of Belgrave, Personal memories
George Harrison 1824 – 1881
George, his brother Isaac and his two sisters were the children of William Harrison and Sarah Abell, who died when their children were very…
Old Belgrave, People of Belgrave
Edward Aitchison RN
The career of Captain Edward Aitchison was loosely similar to the fictional character Horatio Hornblower in the series of 11 books by C.S. Forester…
People of Belgrave
Captain Prescott William Stephens RN
Prescott William Stephens, the son of the Rev. Richard Stephens ( vicar of St. Peters 1824 – 1871) and his French wife, Emilie Anne,…
People of Belgrave
Famous Belgrave People
Jennie Fletcher (19 March 1890 – 17 January 1968), British competitive swimmer Later known by her married name Jennie Hyslop, Jennie was a British…
People of Belgrave
Hilda Annie Mitchell 1917-1993
Many older Belgrave people will remember Hilda. She had a life-long physical disability and travelled all over the parish in a so called, ‘invalid…
People of Belgrave
Louis Coleman – Ginger Beer maker
Louis Coleman was born in Leicester in 1864. The 1881 census lists him, aged 17, as an employee in a Ginger Beer Manufactory. The…
People of Belgrave
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
A selection of people’s memories of Belgrave
A selection of people’s memories of Belgrave: Richard Hallam (featured on the Trust’s pop-up banner). “I remember Richard Hallam as my Sunday School teacher…
People of Belgrave, Personal memories
John Ellis
Oil painting of John Ellis (1789-1862), Quaker and liberal reformer. John Ellis was chairman of the Leicester & Swannington Railway and Midland Railway, and…
People of Belgrave
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