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Denton lies four miles west of Grantham, on the edge of the Vale of Belvoir. The underlying rock, of which many village houses are built, is Jurassic Ironstone and iron ore was quarried in the parish until the 1970s....

The rich flavour of our Autumn Homecoming jam reminded us of the village of Hoby, situated in the Wreake valley where the river meanders through unhurried villages lining its route on the way to the river Soar....

Old Dalby lies to the west of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, close to the Nottinghamshire border. The original settlement has Celtic origins but was under Danelaw during the ninth century when it acquired the name Wold Dalby,...

Saxelbye is a small, relatively isolated agricultural village located within a dip of the Leicestershire Wolds some three miles west of Melton Mowbray. Most of the village is a designated conservation area and on paying a visit...

This beautiful little village of around 300 dwellings is largely designated a conservation area. It was once the home of Colonel Francis Hacker and his wife, Isabell, who lived at Stathern Hall. During the English Civil War...

This citrus speciality carries the name Barnstone because it reminded us of the ups and downs of the historic Peverel family. Barnstone (previously known as Barnston) was once the home of Norman Knight, William Peverel, a favourite of William...