Belgrave (Leicester)
Belgrave is a district and electoral ward ( electoral ward ) of the city of Leicester in England , United Kingdom .
location
Belgrave is about two kilometers north of Leicester city center, on both sides of Loughborough Road, bounded to the west by the bank of the Soar and to the east by Melton Road. The Abbey district can be reached across the Soar via the Thurcaston Road Bridge.
history
The place was first mentioned in a document from William the Conqueror from 1081, in which he confirmed several donations to the Abbey of Saint-Évroult in Normandy , including the donation of the church of Belgrave by his lord Hugo von Grandmesnil († 1098, family Grandmesnil ). It was transcribed into his church history by the monk Ordericus Vitalis . This document also shows that Belgrave (beautiful ditch) was originally called Merdegrave ( dung ditch) (Merthegrave, quæ nunc alio nomine Belegrava dicitur) , as it appears in the Domesday Book compiled in 1086 .
In the 12th century Belgrave was owned by the Earls of Leicester of the Beaumont family . During the reign of King Henry II, they gave the property to a follower as a fief, from which a family of the lower, untitled landed gentry descended, which existed until the 17th century. Your last representative Sir George Belgrave of Belgrave († 1630) officiated as Sheriff of Leicestershire .
In 1892 Belgrave was incorporated into the City of Leicester.
Attractions
Belgrave Hall mansion was built at the beginning of the 18th century by one of the heirs of the old landowning family. The businessman and member of parliament John Ellis († 1862) lived here in the 19th century. In 1936, Leicester City Council bought the property and turned it into a museum.
Right next to the manor is the medieval parish church of St. Peters.
In the novel
The literary character Laurence de Belgrave is a recurring protagonist in the historical novels of the German author Peter Berling . In The Heretic (2000) she is the main character. She and her family are described as Norman vassals of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester († 1218). However, the place does not play a role in the novels.
literature
- John Nichols, The history and antiquities of the county of Leicester, Vol. 3, Part 1 (1800), pp. 172-184.
- Albert Herbert & George F. Farnham, Belgrave, in: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archæological Society, Vol. 16 (1929-1930/31), pp. 43-71 ( online ).
Remarks
- ↑ See Ordericus Vitalis , Historiæ ecclesiasticæ, ed. by Augustus Le Prevost (1845), Vol. 3, pp. 19-28 ( online ).
Coordinates: 52 ° 39 ′ N , 1 ° 7 ′ W