The Mountsorrel Heritage Group (MHG), founded in 2005, runs the museum located above the Library. Within the museum can be found displays, models, information panels and two flat screen displays on which the complete village archive can be accessed. The museum is staffed by volunteers and is open:
Thursdays – 2pm – 4pm
Fridays – 2pm – 4pm
Saturdays – 9:30 am – 12 noon
This website has been established to showcase some of the archive through images, text, video and audio recordings.
Anchor Inn
Image courtesy of Noel Wakeling
Image courtesy of Noel Wakeling
Mr Spence with his daughter Clara Lily-now RKD
Image courtesy of Leics County Council
The Baum Family in Grundys Yard
Rolls Royce Mountsorrel 1945
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2026 Monthly Talks Mountsorrel Memorial Centre at 7.30.
January Tues 13th Medieval Pilgrimage from Leicestershire by Peter Liddle
February Tues 10th History of Mountsorrel Mill and Neighbouring Businesses by Ross Tomlyn
March Tues 10th Great Central Railway by Malcolm Holmes, General Manager
April Tues 14th A history of infectious disease by Shaun Livsey
May Tues 19th RAF Melton Mowbray Nuclear Missile Base by Brian Fare
June Tues 9th Noel Wakeling Memorial Slide Show by Pat Neal
July Archaeology Test Pit-no talk
August Revival no talk
September Tues 8th Revealing Greyfriarsby Martin Mathews
October Tues 13th Downstairs at Calke: The Servants’ Stories
November Tues 10 Local Nurses of WWI Jess Jenkins (Green Room)
December Tues 8 Annual Christmas Quiz Pat Neal
Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/mountsorrelarchive for our fortnightly photo and news updates
Mountsorrel Heritage Group welcomes contributions, from visitors to this website, so please use the form below to make contact with Mountsorrel Heritage Group, comment on the website, on any of the posted contributions or to arrange a contribution.
This project has been made possible by funding from