Kibworth Harcourt
Kibworth Beauchamp
Smeeton Westerby
Kibworth Beauchamp Trail
1 Coach & Horses Inn START
2 Grey House, Church Road
3 30 Church Road
4 St Wilfrid’s Church
5 The Villas
6 Station Hollow
7 Former Railway station (Isabel Lane)
8 The Pharmacy
9 The Railway Arms
10 Village Hall
11 Stuart Court
12 Old School Surgery
13 Former Infants’ School, Paget Street
14 The Bank
15 33 High Street
16 The Manor House, 30 High Street
17 Cross Bank House, 14 High Street
18 Lantern House, 4 High Street
19 Former Gas Works
20 Thatched Cottage, Weir Road
21 Barrack Yard
22 Tudor Cottage
23 Smeeton Road
24 Smeeton Court
25 Clock Tower
26 36 High Street
27 Mud Wall
28 St Wilfrid’s Hall
29 Methodist Chapel, School Road
30 Kibworth Grammar School Hall
31 Old Grammar School
32 Former Railway Sidings
33 Ridge & Furrow
34 Little Lebanon
35 Navvies Row, Leicester Road
The name Beauchamp is derived from the de Beauchamp
family who held the Manor here and also the office of Chief
Panteler (banner carrier, dresser, butler) to the King in the
13th century.
In the 17th Century the Manor passed into the hands of the
Halford family. Subsequently the village did not stay in single
ownership and this made it possible for entrepreneurs to
develop areas of land. This allowed small industries to
become established, giving Kibworth Beauchamp a very
different character from its sister village. The main industry
was framework knitting which developed from a cottage
industry to small workshops and finally, by the beginning of
the 20th Century, to several factories, the largest of which
employed over 400 people.
The full route takes about 1½ hours to complete.
You can click on any of the pointers
and a pop-up window will appear with
a description and images. You can
then follow the trail through the village
by navigating using the arrows.
Clicking on the image will return you
to the map.
