Shepshed
Shepshed is a Town in the county of Leicestershire.
There are great places to visit near Shepshed including some great cities, historic monuments, canals, hiking areas, historic buildings, parks, shopping centres, airports, towns, villages, lakes, country parks and ruins.
Leicester is a great place to visit close to Shepshed if you like cities.
The area around Shepshed's best historic monuments can be found at The Arch of Remembrance.
Shepshed is near some unmissable canals like Grand Union Canal at Leicester,
Grand Union Canal at Leicester is one of Shepshed's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Shepshed.
There are a number of historic buildings near Shepshed including Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.
Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park are some of Shepshed best parks to visit near Shepshed.
Shepshed is near some unmissable shopping centres like Highcross Leicester,
Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport are some of Shepshed best airports to visit near Shepshed.
Towns to visit near Shepshed include Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and Melton Mowbray.
There are a number of villages near Shepshed including Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.
There are a number of lakes near to Shepshed including Cropston Reservoir.
Places near Shepshed feature a number of interesting country parks including Bradgate Park.
Ruins to visit near Shepshed include Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.
Shepshed History
There are some historic monuments around Shepshed:
Places to see near Shepshed
History of Shepshed
Very little information about the settlement on the site of Shepshed appears before the Domesday Book but the name is certainly Anglo-Saxon: local history books claim that Shepshed has two of the oldest roads in the country, Ring Fence and Sullington Road, the latter being an ancient British track named after the goddess Solina. Anglo-Saxon Shepshed cannot have been much more than a hamlet in a large district of forest. However, succeeding centuries provide an abundance of historical material. The prosperity of medieval Shepshed was based on the wool industry and “Well Yard” on Forest Street may well be a corruption of “Wool Yard”, where Bradford wool merchants congregated to buy from local inhabitants. In addition, there is considerable evidence to suggest that a weekly market was held, at least until the 14th century.
