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To add a little local colour let us tell you a little more about the locations where we have our offices.
Market Harborough
Historic Market Town lying halfway between Leicester and Northampton. Located at the crossing point of the River Welland, the town was created in the mid 12th century as a planned market town within the existing parish of Great Bowden.
In 1645 Charles the 1st, made Market Harborough his headquarters and held a hurried council of war before the decisive Battle of Naseby.
The town prospered in the 18th century with the advent of turnpike roads. Coaching Inns were established and many remain in the wide High Street.
The 19th century brought national communication links – the canal in 1809 and the railway in 1850. Manufacturing industry became established, the most notable company being the corset manufacturers R W & H Symington creators of the Liberty Bodice.
The town has expanded throughout the 20th century and now has a population of 17,000. In spite of this the central town plan is still based on that laid out over 800 years ago.
Market Harborough boasts excellent communications links, having mainline train service to London, good links to major roads also excellent shopping facilities, housing and good schools.
Lutterworth
A market town with 7,500 inhabitants is situated in south Leicestershire. Located 13 miles south of Leicester, it is 8 miles from Rugby and 13 miles from Market Harborough.
Its settlement dates from Saxon times but as a town its origins date from a Royal Market Charter in 1214. The street pattern is of medieval origin and suggests it was then laid out formally as a borough town on either side of the High Street with a large market place.
The buildings reflect the town’s modest prosperity and there are examples of good houses from the 17th century onwards.
After a flurry of building in the early 19th century there is comparatively little from the Victorian period, perhaps because Lutterworth had to wait until 1899 to be connected to the railway network.
The town flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries both as the centre of local agriculture and as a staging point on long – range trade routes, its coaching inns became and important feature with their busy yards entered through archways.
Today Luttherworth is still located near the cross – roads of middle England – the junction of the M1, M6 and A-14 is only four miles away.
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