Kegworth Heritage Centre

Heritage Plaques

Kegworth Heritage Centre

Kegworth Heritage Plaques

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Each of the buildings (or sites) on this page have a special place in the history of Kegworth and in the hearts of our community. Each has its own unique history and villagers have many special memories of each location. Some of them are still in use, some even maintaining their original purpose in the village. Others have been repurposed many times, and one or two, mere shadows from history. The locations were selected by members of the Kegworth UKSPF team.

Information has been gathered by volunteers at Kegworth Heritage Centre using our own archives, “Keguth Pubs, A Time Traveller’s Guide", by James McKay and Kegworth, "An Apple a Day - A History of the Kegworth & Gotham Medical Practices” by Susan D Brompton as well as our own publication, "Kegworth: Aspects of History". Photos are from the KHC photography collection or taken by KHC volunteers. The Plaques themsevles were manufactured by Practical Minds.

Clicking on a property will flip between images of the building from the past and the present. As you move between photos the previous one will reset. The link at the top of each entry will take you to a full page of more information and photos. Each individual page will be maintained independently and information may be added, removed or modified as our knowledge grows and improves.

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The Cap & Stocking
Borough Street

Reflecting the region’s historical ties to the hosiery industry in the 1800s.

Public House

Harrison House
15 Nottingham Road

Site of first Kegworth School c1575. Grade II listed.

Former School

The Fox & Hounds
Packington Hill

Large Georgian house, featured as a pub in the trade directories in 1875.

Former Public House

Number 2
Market Place

The grand house always intended to be used as a shop

Retail Premises

Horse & Groom
Market Place

From c1855 - 1971. Known locally as the Groom

Former Public House

The Great House
3, London Road

Built in 1698 for members of an old Kegworth family, the Suttons. Grade II listed.

Former Residence

Ye Olde Flying Horse
Market Place

Known locally for generations as the “Fly”

Former Public House

The Cedars
29 & 31 London Road

Irish poet, Thomas Moore, lived here in 1812. Grade II listed

Former Residence

Australia Yard
High Street

Site of a 19th C. development of worker’s houses and a stockinger’s shop.

Former Residence

The Old Co-op (1895-1903)
9, Dragwell

Site of one of Kegworth’s early
Co-ops

Former Retail Premises

The Old Co-op (1903-1969)
15, Dragwell / Old Forge Close

Site of another former Co-op

Former Retail Premises

13 Dragwell

Possibly the oldest house in Kegworth, dating back to the 1500s

Former Residence

Top School
Dragwell

Site of the Top School for boys, c1860

Former School

Bottom School
Dragwell

Site of the Bottom School for both genders aged 4–11 years, c1830s

Former School

Kegworth House
High Street

Built c1732. A Doctor’s Surgery at various times during the 1800s & 1900s

Former Surgery

St Andrews Church

An imposing and handsome church indicating that Kegworth was a large village or market town back in the Middle Ages. Grade II listed.

Church