Lutterworth-Leicestershire and a Little of Its History
The market town of Lutterworth - Leicestershire is in Harborough England and located in the southern part of Leicestershire.
Its inhabitants were estimated to be around 8,293.
It was once known that the town had a station on the Great Central Railway but it was closed and now the nearest station is at the market town of Rugby.
The town is believed to have gotten its name from an old Norse name Lutters Vordig, which means Luthers farm.
The town of Lutterworth was given its market charter in the year of 1214 by King John and to this day is still known as a market.
During the days of using a stagecoach, Lutterworth was a very important place to stop on the way through from Leicestershire all the way to London.
Many coaching inns still remain in the town to this day.
There are several half - Timbered historic buildings, which many of them date back as far as the 16th century.
Frank Whittle brings some fame to the town as the person who invented the jet engine.
And he also during the late 1930's and 1940's developed many of the worlds first jet engines at the British Thomson - Houston in Lutterworth.
Joseph Hansom was an architect who took the patent for the Hansom Cab.
He also was the one man who built Lutterworths town hall.
This was his prototype from his design of the Birmingham Town Hall.
The John Wycliffe Primary school and the Sherrier School are the two primary schools in the town.
The schools were known to be featured on BBC children's television program known as Blue Peter on the Tuesday of the 5th February 2005.
There are some secondary schools like Lutterworth High School and for kids ages 11 to 14 and also there is Lutterworth college for kids ages 14 to 18.
Both of these schools are now to achieve wonderful results with the applicable exams.
If you like to take a look back at some real history from the U.
K.
Then Lutterworth is one place that you will certainly find interesting.
It is becoming a nice part of England for many tourist and visitors from around the world to come and spend some time seeing and learning a little bit of history.
Its inhabitants were estimated to be around 8,293.
It was once known that the town had a station on the Great Central Railway but it was closed and now the nearest station is at the market town of Rugby.
The town is believed to have gotten its name from an old Norse name Lutters Vordig, which means Luthers farm.
The town of Lutterworth was given its market charter in the year of 1214 by King John and to this day is still known as a market.
During the days of using a stagecoach, Lutterworth was a very important place to stop on the way through from Leicestershire all the way to London.
Many coaching inns still remain in the town to this day.
There are several half - Timbered historic buildings, which many of them date back as far as the 16th century.
Frank Whittle brings some fame to the town as the person who invented the jet engine.
And he also during the late 1930's and 1940's developed many of the worlds first jet engines at the British Thomson - Houston in Lutterworth.
Joseph Hansom was an architect who took the patent for the Hansom Cab.
He also was the one man who built Lutterworths town hall.
This was his prototype from his design of the Birmingham Town Hall.
The John Wycliffe Primary school and the Sherrier School are the two primary schools in the town.
The schools were known to be featured on BBC children's television program known as Blue Peter on the Tuesday of the 5th February 2005.
There are some secondary schools like Lutterworth High School and for kids ages 11 to 14 and also there is Lutterworth college for kids ages 14 to 18.
Both of these schools are now to achieve wonderful results with the applicable exams.
If you like to take a look back at some real history from the U.
K.
Then Lutterworth is one place that you will certainly find interesting.
It is becoming a nice part of England for many tourist and visitors from around the world to come and spend some time seeing and learning a little bit of history.
