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Hinckley & District Museum
Heritage Open Day: Thatched timber box framed cottages dating from the 1680s, housing a local history museum of Hinckley and the surrounding area. See the framework knitter`s room setting with c.1740 stocking frame, and displays including the `Hansom Cab in Popular Culture` with a 3/4 scale model of the cab invented in Hinckley by Joseph Hansom in 1834; Hinckley Workhouse; the plague in Hinckley; Roman and medieval Hinckley; Richard III and the battle of Bosworth; John Cleveland - Cavalier poet;
Fri 9 Sep:1000-1600. Sat 10 Sep:1000-1600. Sun 11 Sep:1400-1700. Free Entry.
Hinckley Museum, 30 Lower Bond Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire LE10 1QU
Fri 9 Sep to Sun 11 Sep 2016
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