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Mountsorrel is not listed in the Domesday Survey of 1086, and there is no evidence that it existed before the arrival of the Normans. The earliest record of its existence is in a charter c.1148, in which Ranulf Earl of Chester granted the village and castle [villam et castellum] of Mountsorrel to Robert Earl of Leicester.
Continue reading “The New Town and Borough of Mountsorrel”
WILLIAM MARSHALL – 1st EARL OF PEMBROKE
This article written by Linda Tyman is about William Marshall and his connection to Mountsorrel. Continue reading “William Marshall”
Mountsorrel’s Knight, William Marshall Continue reading “William Marshall”
When the Domesday survey was completed in 1086 there was no mention of Mountsorrel so probably it did not exist at that time. Continue reading “Inferior or Superior”
This article was written by Neroli Whittle from a series of first-hand Mountsorrel interviews and published in the Leicester Evening Mail on 27th June 1935 Continue reading “Mountsorrel Believes in Hard Work”
This article was published in the Leicester Advertiser on Friday February 4th 1966 Continue reading “Focus on Mountsorrel”
It has long been rumoured that there was once a tunnel leading from the castle and emerging by the Temperance Hall. Read what various authors have written about it Continue reading “Mountsorrel’s Secret Tunnel”
