Kibworth Harcourt
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Just a Kibbuth Lad
For those who have never been to our village called Kibworth, it is worth noting locals call it "Kibbuth". You live in either "Top Kibbuth"- Kibworth Harcourt or "Bottom Kibbuth"- Kibworth Beauchamp. I myself personally, have lived in both and almost on the boundary of both parishes. For almost the past 40 years (man & boy), I have spent many a happy hour living, playing and working here. Some of my earliest reminiscences are of taking a pair of shoes to be repaired at Old Joe Nourish's cobblers shop on the Leicester Road (just at the end of the Rose & Crown (now Raitha's) car park.
On arrival at his shop, you would press the thumb catch on his ...read more here
Contributed by Wayne Coleman
my street
I was born 1953 and lived in No 94 Main Street until 1966, which is one of the small cottages on the right of the photo. The big house at the bottom of the road was known as "General Jack's", he being a veteran of the Boar and First World Wars. This road was great in the winter of 62-63 when, because of lack of traffic, we could sledge all the way down. As you can see there were not many cars, only a total of 5 car owners in the whole of Main Street.
Contributed by graham marsden
Leicestershire memories
Just a Kibbuth Lad
For those who have never been to our village called Kibworth, it is worth noting locals call it "Kibbuth". You live in either "Top Kibbuth"- Kibworth Harcourt or "Bottom Kibbuth"- Kibworth Beauchamp. I myself personally, have lived in both and almost on the boundary of both parishes. For almost the past 40 years (man & boy), I have spent many a happy hour living, playing and working here. Some of my earliest reminiscences are of taking a pair of shoes to be repaired at Old Joe Nourish's cobblers shop on the Leicester Road (just at the end of the Rose & Crown (now Raitha's) car park.
On arrival at his shop, you would press the thumb catch on his ...read more here
A memory of Kibworth Harcourt contributed by Wayne Coleman
my street
I was born 1953 and lived in No 94 Main Street until 1966, which is one of the small cottages on the right of the photo. The big house at the bottom of the road was known as "General Jack's", he being a veteran of the Boar and First World Wars. This road was great in the winter of 62-63 when, because of lack of traffic, we could sledge all the way down. As you can see there were not many cars, only a total of 5 car owners in the whole of Main Street.
A memory of Kibworth Harcourt contributed by graham marsden
Extracts From Kibworth Harcourt & Leicestershire books
Excellent 18th-century houses are to be found on the Leicester Road, but here we see a contrast between the
thatched cottages of pre-18th-century date and the Rose and Crown pub, an early roadhouse. The main road which
neatly divides the two Kibworths was not put in until 1810, having previously followed the rather tortuous line of
the main village street. Since 1955 little has changed in the view, apart from the pub, which adopted a somewhat
brighter image.
An extract from from"Leicester Photographic Memories".
The Old House of 1678 is a prominently-sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best. It is a
double-pile brick building with archetypal cross-casement windows and stone dressings. The Parker coat of arms
ornaments the broken-scrolled pediment. Two oeil-de-boeufs and a later Tuscan-columned porch complete this
quite picturesque composition.
An extract from from"Leicester Photographic Memories".
The Old House (left) dates from 1678, and it is a prominently sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.
It is a double-pile brick building with five bays of cross casement windows and stone dressings. The Parker coat of arms
ornaments the broken scrolled pediment. Two oeil-de-boeuf windows and a later Tuscan-columned porch complete this
quite picturesque ensemble.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
Harcourt is taken from Harcourt in Normandy, and from Robert de Harewecurt, who held the village in 1202.
The photograph looks at the original village centre, with the Old House immediately behind the camera, and the
parish pump out of shot to the right. The Manor House on the right developed through a number of centuries
from a small timber-framed structure, which remains in part. Kibworth Harcourt is somewhat more picturesque
than its mother village.
An extract from from"Leicester Photographic Memories".
Harcourt is taken from Harcourt in
Normandy, and from Roger de
Harewecurt, who held the village in
1202. Until the A6 was pushed
between the two villages, it made its
way via their narrow rather tortuous
streets. At the end of the 20th
century, unfortunate changes were
inflicted on this view. The houses on
the left have been altered in a
reasonably complimentary manner,
but to the right the mature trees have
gone, and the 18th-century garden
wall has been mostly demolished to
form a new entrance to the Old
House. Beyond, an enclave of
unspectacular houses has been built
- not a happy transformation.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".