"Streets Through Time"
An architectural and social history of Harlaxton
This project was launched in the Spring of 2023 to document as much of the social history of the village that may be available. It commenced by concentrating on one street over time, the first being Church Street. Now the project has been expanded to cover all streets and roads in Harlaxton village. This is very much an ongoing and constantly evolving project which is dependent on any information current and previous residents and their families can provide to the Harlaxton History Society.
If you have any information or anecdotes about events and people in the village no matter how insignificant they may appear, please contact us at harlaxtonhistory@gmail.com.
The map below was drawn up in the 1970's and shows the majority of the period properties in Harlaxton. For particulars of a specific property, please click on the street links on the left hand side.
Sale of the Harlaxton Manor Estate in 1937
In 1937, having recently inherited the Harlaxton Manor Estate, Major Philip John Sherwin Pearson-Gregory put the entire estate up for sale and employed Messrs Jackson Stops to auction the estate off. Jackson Stops drafted a Particulars of Sales document in readiness for the auction which was held on 28th September 1937. This document was available to all prospective buyers and provided information on all the period properties and land within the estate listing all the tenants at that time and the rent they were paying. This document has proved invaluable in research information for the Streets Through Time project and is also an interesting read for current residents of the village. It is now available for viewing and download here - Particulars of Estate Sale. Please note it is a large file (110Mg) and a good source of information re. recent history of the village. There is also a corresponding map of the estate which identifies where the Lots are located in the village. This can be viewed and downloaded here - Estate sale map Plan 2
Handling information
The Streets Through Time research project is being undertaken by volunteers from the Harlaxton History Society. It has used information drawn from published open sources and first hand interviews with current or past residents of the village.
If you have contributed information, or see that you or your home are mentioned, and wish to change the information or photographs or have anything deleted, please contact the research team at harlaxtonhistory@gmail.com . We will be happy to amend the information carried on this site and stored in our research archives if requested.