Braunstone Park And Rowley Fields

	Braunstone Park And Rowley Fields Braunstone may refer to: * Braunstone Town, a town in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England * Braunstone Park, a public park in Braunstone Town, Leicester, England * Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It comprises the western Leicester suburbs of Braunstone Frith, Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields. Geography Braunstone ..., a ward of the city of Leicester, England, encompassing the suburb of Braunstone Frith * Braunstone, New South Wales, a locality in Australia {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Braunstone Town Braunstone is a civil parish and is the largest parish within the district of Blaby in Leicestershire, England, now known as the Town of Braunstone or more commonly, Braunstone Town. In 2007 the population was around 15,000. There are around 7,500 households including Thorpe Astley. At the 2011 census the population of the civil parish had increased to 16,850. Braunstone is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, giving a population of "two sokemen and four villeins". The village remained a small settlement (population 238 in 1921) until 1925 when the Leicester Corporation compulsorily purchased the bulk of the Winstanley Braunstone Hall estate. It is just outside the city boundary of Leicester, and the part of the old civil parish now inside the city boundary is also called Braunstone. This part of the parish, which contains a large council estate was detached in 1935 from the Blaby district and Braunstone Parish to become part of the county borough of Leicester, hence the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Braunstone Park Braunstone Park is a large public park located in Braunstone, Leicester, United Kingdom. History Braunstone Hall, which was built as a private house in 1775, became a school in 1932. Facilities The park covers an area of 168 acres, has two lakes, large open spaces, woodlands and meadows. It has three formal gardens; a war memorial garden, a walled garden and an azalea garden. Facilities include a children's play area, a skate park, outdoor gyms and four football pitches. A small museum in the park opens on special occasions. At the edge of the park is Braunstone Leisure Centre, which is run by Leicester City Council. Parkrun Every Saturday morning at 9am, Braunstone Park hosts a parkrun Parkrun (stylised as parkrun) is a collection of events for walkers, runners and volunteers that take place every Saturday morning at more than 2,000 locations in 23 countries across six continents. Junior Parkrun (stylised as junior parkrun) ... run marshalled by volunteers. The firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It comprises the western Leicester suburbs of Braunstone Frith, Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields. Geography Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields is bounded by the wards of New Parks and Western Park to the north, Westcotes to the east and Aylestone to the south-east. South of the ward is the district of Blaby and the town of Braunstone in Leicestershire, which has a shared history with the Leicester suburbs. History Braunstone was mentioned in the Domesday book when it was owned by Hugh de Grandmesnil.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.633-4 It was substantially extended in the early twentieth century, and included the first of Leicester's large estates of council housing. Originally part of the parish of Braunstone, the area containing social housing was annexed by Leicester City Council in 1935 as the Braunstone Estate. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]