レスターでの勉強生活 - Study Life In Leicester

04/12/2024

ビクトリア時代でレスターの道は混んでいるになっていましたから、レスター時計台が建てました。It was the first ever traffic island in the UK. 今、レスターでの有名な建物ですよ。 #レスターでの勉強生活

A fascinating then and now comparison of Leicester's Clock Tower, Britain's first traffic island.

Built in 1868 at the former hay and straw market, it solved traffic chaos where six streets converged at the Haymarket. The "Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower" became a pioneering solution to congestion.

11/10/2024

This postcard shows a view across Castle Gardens back when most of the current gardens was allotments, circa 1910. To the right of St Mary De Castro's spire is the Castle Motte - accessible today from Castle Gardens or from Castle View.

The mound, 'Castle Motte' was probably first built on in 1068 on the order of Duke William of Normandy and would originally have been twice the height it is today. Leicester was besieged for three weeks by a royal army in 1173. The town surrendered after these three weeks but the castle on top of the Motte held out for eleven months!

Read the full story at: https://storyofleicester.info/civic-affairs/the-castle-motte/

11/10/2024