Queniborough

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Queniborough is located 7 miles northeast of Leicester on the Melton Mowbray road. The village name has changed its spelling many times from 'cuinburg', in the Domesday Book, to Queeniborough and finally to Queniborough. The white thatched cottage in the centre of the village is one of the oldest, dating back to the 15th C. It's uses over the years have included a public inn, a blacksmith's, a cycle repair shop and in the early part of the 20th C. it boasted its own petrol pump. Today it is a family home. The main street in Queniborough has many fine buildings.
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Coordinates:   52°42'20"N   1°2'59"W
This article was last modified 18 years ago