Aug 06
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This family group photo is captioned ‘The Bishop family of 29 Melton Road’. It looks...
This photo of Melton Road – with the school gates on the left and grass verges beside the...
Our thanks to Wendy Watts for lending us a book which includes this old photo of Waltham Fair. The...
Waltham has a tremendously rich history dating back to pre-Roman times. We hope this website will encourage people to explore and cherish its heritage.
At one time Waltham was one of the seven most important villages in all of Leicestershire. I don’t know why that was. But it should be interesting to try and find out.
read moreThere are some wonderful old maps of Waltham on this website. The oldest date back to Elizabethan times. They show how our small village changed in size and importance over the centuries.
These historically important maps were professionally photographed at Wigston Public Records Office.
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