51 – The Origins of the name ‘Melton Mowbray’.
Back in January 2024, HistoryFare started a regular column in the Melton Times, called ‘Historic Melton’. The history of Melton Mowbray can be traced back hundreds of years and the…
50 – Alfred & Bobby Loewenstein
Melton Mowbray became home to many rich and famous during the height of the hunting sporting seasons and the surrounding villages were not exempt. In the village of Thorpe Satchville…
49 – 156 Battalion Medium Machine Gun Platoon and the Misfortunes of War
On the morning of 18th September 1944, the men of the 156 Battalion Parachute Regiment left their billets in Melton Mowbray. They boarded trucks and made their way to Saltby…
48 – Melton’s Rich History Commemorated in Week Long Pageant
Melton Mowbray has a rich and varied history that can be traced back hundreds of years. Archaeological remains from the Bronze Age (c.600BC), Roman (43-409AD), Anglo Saxon (500-650AD), and Viking/Danelaw…
Brian Fare
Old John, an 18th-century folly perched on the park’s highest point, is known as ‘The Beer Jug’ or the ‘Icon of Leicestershire’ as it is one of the County’s most…