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.
The area close to Shepshed boasts some of the best cities including Leicester.
Shepshed is near some unmissable historic monuments like The Arch of Remembrance,
The area close to Shepshed boasts some of the best canals including Grand Union Canal at Leicester.
Hiking Areas to visit near Shepshed include Grand Union Canal at Leicester.
Shepshed has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.
Shepshed has some unmissable parks nearby like Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park.
Highcross Leicester is a great place to visit close to Shepshed if you like shopping centres.
The area around Shepshed features a number of interesting airports including Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport.
There are a number of towns near Shepshed including Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough.
There are a number of villages near Shepshed including Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.
The area close to Shepshed boasts some of the best lakes including Cropston Reservoir.
The area around Shepshed boasts some of the best country parks including Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park.
The area around Shepshed features a number of interesting ruins including 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.
