KINGSTHORPE PHOTOGRAPHS
THE
COCK INN, The first picture of The Cock Inn
eventually became The Cock Hotel and the lady is standing on the corner of
Kingswell Road by the wall of Thorntons Park.
KINGSTHORPE
HALL, now in Thorntons Park.
KINGSWELL
ROAD, this leads from
The Cock Hotel down to The Green by the church. In the foreground you can see
where Mill Lane starts.
LADY
ROBINSONS HOUSE, Lady Robinson's house is in
Harborough Road opposite The Cock Hotel at the point where the road divides and
Kingsthorpe Grove starts.
KINGSTHORPE
MILL, 1910
HARBOROUGH
ROAD, looking towards the town
centre just before the road divides at Welford Road. The tree's on the left are
part of Lady Robinson's estate.
A
view of The Cock Hotel and the wooded area beyond is Thorntons Park on
Harborough Road. The road at the bottom left is the entrance to Kingsthorpe
Grove which leads towards Kingsley. The road between Thorntons Park and The Cock
Hotel is Kingswell Road leading to Mill Lane. The Cock Hotel still exists.
To read some of Brian
Faulkner's memoirs of Kingsthorpe click here.
