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 first recorded mention of Mountsorrel is in about 1148, in a charter made between the Earl of Chester and the Earl 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”
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”
