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Westcotes history
Roman
Two Roman roads crossed the West End at a place close to where the West Bridge stands today. The Fosse Way ran from Exeter to Lincolnshire, passing through Leicester. A second road ran directly westwards to join Watling Street, another important Roman Road, at Mancetter in Warwickshire.
Medieval and early modern periods
Roman mosaics were found at Danet’s Hall in the early 1780s. The West End formed part of what was known as Bromkinsthorpe during the Domesday book of 1086. The land was then divided into two areas under the Enclosure Acts during the reign of Charles I in 1626.
The Victorian era
In 1861, Dr Noble died of cholera in Spain, the Danet’s Hall estate passed to the Leicester Freehold Land Society, and building soon followed. Much of the area belonged to the Westcotes Estate, formerly in the possession of the Ruding family since 1558, was sold, in 1821, to Thomas Freer, Clerk of the Peace, with office in New Street. More new streets were laid out towards the end of the 19th century, and much of area to the east was built up by 1900.
Twentieth century
The West End area, together with the Walnut Street district on the other side of the River Soar, was an important residential area in the early twentieth century. The 1951 Census recorded 1,029 people born in the USSR, mainly Ukrainians, in the West End. Orthodox Ukrainians held services at the Church of the Martyrs on Westcotes Drive.
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