
Sir Israel Hart is one of Leicester's most remarkable and colourful historical figures. He lived at 'Ashleigh' on London Road.
Read MoreSir Israel Hart (1835-1911)
The Gee Family lived at 'Knighton Frith', on the Avenue Road and London Road corner, between 1879 and 1924.
Read MoreThe Gee Family at Knighton Frith
Josiah Gimson, the son of a carpenter and builder, established Leicester's largest civil engineering company.
Read MoreJosiah Gimson (1818-1883)
Elizabeth Rowley Frisby lived at 'Stoneleigh', Knighton Park Road and intermittently at 'The Cedars', London Road. between 1906 and 1921.
Read MoreElizabeth Rowley Frisby (1877-1946)
Thomas Fielding Johnson Senior lived at 'Brookfield' (now the University of Leicester's Business School) between 1871 and his death in 1921.
Read MoreThomas Fielding Johnson Senior (1828-1921)
Emma Burgess was the wife of Edward Shipley Ellis of the Newarke, Chairman of the Midland Railway 1849-58.
Read MoreEmma Burgess (1809-1890)