The main repository of information
Here you will find a library giving you access to various documents about life and industry in the area. Click on an article name to view the documents.
Famous Families from the area
Information about the families who lived in and shaped the area
Industry and transport
The growth of industry and transport links in Newbold and the surrounding areas
Newbold life
History of life, people and places in Newbold
Railways in the area
The railways of the area
Thank You
Newbold Heritage Group could not put this resource together without the help of a number of people and without referencing existing works and internet sites. We will maintain a list of these sources should you wish to look further into a subject.
Reference List, Sources, Contributors
Publications
Clinker C.R. and Hadfield (1958) The Ashby de la Zouch Canals and its Railways
Cooper, A. Leggott, P and Sprenger, C (1990)The Melbourne Military Railway. (Oakwood Press)
Holt. Geoffrey The History of the Ticknall Tramway
Schofield. R.B, (2000) Benjamin Outram(1764 – 1805) an Engineering Biography. (Merton Priory Press Ltd.)
Internet sources
www.benefice.org.uk/the_parish_times/worthington_remembered.phpwww.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/gallery/ashby.html (thanks to Graeme Bickerdike)
www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/
www.nwleics.gov.uk/files/documents/coleorton_hall_conservation_appraisal/Coleorton%20Hall%20Conservation%20Appraisal.pdf
Other sources
BBC4 Michael Wood –King Alfred and the Anglo-Saxons
John Hill, Bill Reid, John MacDonald, Charlotte Sutton Denis Baker