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.
There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Shepshed like The Arch of Remembrance.
There are a number of canals near to Shepshed including Grand Union Canal at Leicester.
The area around Shepshed's best hiking areas can be found at Grand Union Canal at Leicester.
Historic Buildings to visit near Shepshed include 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.
Don't miss Highcross Leicester's shopping centres if visiting the area around Shepshed.
Don't miss Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport's airports if visiting the area around Shepshed.
Don't miss Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough's towns if visiting the area around Shepshed.
Villages to visit near Shepshed include Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.
Shepshed is near some unmissable lakes like Cropston Reservoir,
The area around Shepshed boasts some of the best country parks including Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park.
Shepshed's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.
