Old Thorpe Acre, Loughborough

A gallery of photographs of Thorpe Acre

With acknowledgements to the late Walter Leeson of Loughborough

View of Thorpe Acre from Thorpe Hill
View of Thorpe Acre from Thorpe Hill

A picture of Thorpe Acre in the 1950's
Thorpe Acre in the 1950's - almost unchanged

The old Post Office
Thorpe Acre Post Office

Thorpe Acre, Loughborough
Entering the village

Thorpe Acre Village
The village centre

The White Bridge
The White Bridge leading onto Thorpe Moors and Gorse Covert in the distance

Garendon Hall, destroyed in 1960
Garendon Hall, destroyed in 1960

The Rectory
The rectory, demolished to build bungalows in the late 1950s

Thorpe Acre to Chatsworth
Chatsworth Road in the making

Rupert Brooke Road
A new estate is built: Rupert Brooke Road

Published by kind permission of the late Mr Walter Leeson. These photographs are copyright.
They should not be copied without express permission.
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Last updated June 1999