Tuesday 12 April 2011

A to Z of Leicester: J is for...

Jewry Wall

The Jewry Wall stands beside the remains of Roman baths, unearthed in the 1930s when builders began work on new public baths. The Romans built that wall to last... and last it did! But those public baths never were built.

A quadragintal is a blog of exactly 40 words. 



Leicester's Jewry Wall standing in front of the ancient St Nicholas Church

p.s. I'll be posting up one of my chatty blogs later today.