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Lincolnshire in the past used to be one the largest growers of beetroot in the UK. Living in the county next door, this inspired us to bring back the great taste of beetroot to the British public.

Barkestone...

The village existed prior to the doomsday census 1086. Buckminster is the highest point in Leicestershire running diagonally to the Wash 37 miles away.  As the name suggests it is likely that the village was or could...

In days of olde, wild berries of great variety were collected across the environs of Burton Lazars, some to feed the locals and other for the hospital run by the Order of St Lazarus.

The village, originally...

Chadwell is a small village roughly four miles west of Melton Mowbray. In earlier times Chadwell was abuzz with the usual variety of occupations found in any country parish – from wheelwrights and horse dealers to bakers and...

The history of Rearsby begins around the 9th century when incoming Danes established it. The village remained pretty much an enclosed farming community until the end of the 18th century when Enclosure Acts meant that living off...

With its open views across the Vale of Belvoir, Redmile is remembered as the birthplace of Leicestershire cricketer, Frederic Geeson, and as the home of George Bishop, clockmaker extraordinaire, who moved to the village in 1762 with...

One of the earliest mentions of Seagrave (previously Segrave) is in the Domesday Book where it is listed amongst the lands in the Wapentake of Goscote given to Henry de Ferrers by William I - a Wapentake (Old Norse)...

Six Hills is an area that lies seven miles to the north west of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. The name is a corruption of Segshill, so the real meaning of the place name is the high ground...