The Heritage Panel

Leicester’s heritage information panels are part of the city council’s Story of Leicester project, that brings to life the city’s colourful 2,000-year history by remembering the people, places and events of Leicester’s recent and distant past. The colourful information panels give residents and visitors to the city the chance to find out more about Leicester’s extensive history from Roman times, through the Middle Ages, the city’s manufacturing, engineering and transport history, the Victorian era and beyond.

The panels can be seen in shopping centres, on medieval churches, near former warehouses and in front of the city’s iconic landmarks such as the Clock Tower and Corn Exchange. They can also be seen in Leicester’s historic villages, including Aylestone, Belgrave and Evington.

The panels are grouped in themes to tell different chapters in the city’s story, and each theme is colour-coded to make them easy to identify.

Anchor Tenants Panel

In January 2023 we were approached by the City Council who wanted to install a Heritage Panel commemorating the setting up of Anchor Tenants in the Changing Pasts section.

I was asked to supply some pictures from this site and the committee were asked to provide some words.

The first version produced included a photo of George Hern, but the committee thought that a photo of the early 'moni' (erected a a memorial to him) would be a better fit.

The panel itself is to be be installed outside the Estate office on Laburnum Road.

The panel has now been installed outside the Estate office (March 2023).

Pictures by Mr I Pawson