Publications

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Mayorality Service

Tel: 01509 634602

These publications are all available by Contacting the Mayor's Office.

The Mayoralty in Charnwood

This 16 page A5 size booklet is available free of charge upon request from the Office of the Mayor or can be downloaded below.

It includes the Charters of Loughborough and Charnwood and lists of the past Mayors of Loughborough and Charnwood and Chairmen of Shepshed Urban and Barrow Rural District Councils.

There are descriptions of the Borough coat of arms, mayoral chains and mace and a brief history of Loughborough Town Hall.

This booklet was written to accompany the civic presentations and historical talks given in the civic suite at Loughborough Town Hall.

Democracy in Charnwood

This 20 page A5 size booklet is available free of charge upon request from the Office of the Mayor or as a downloadable document below.

It contains an explanation of the system and operation of local government in Charnwood. It includes maps showing the Parliamentary, parish and ward boundaries and chapters explaining the role of the Mayor, Cabinet and Scrutiny Committees.

It was written to accompany the schools presentations given by the Mayoral Officer during Local Democracy Week.

Local Communities in Charnwood

This twenty page A5 size booklet is available free of charge upon request from the Office of the Mayor or can be downloaded below.

It includes a history of Loughborough and the Lords of the Manor up to the creation of the Borough Council, the story of the first water supply to Loughborough by the Fearon Fountain, a history of the Queens Memorial Baths (now the Charnwood Museum), and a small picture and brief description of each of the 35 villages in Charnwood.

Twinning in Charnwood

This leaflet gives an overview of town and village twinning in Charnwood and the list of contacts for the local Twinning Associations.

Charnwood Silver Jubilee Book

Charnwood Silver Jubilee (1974-1999) was written by Don Wix and Ian Keil and is priced at £6.00 including popstage & packing. An excellent glossy A4 size book which explores the history of Charnwood over the past 25 years it was published by the Borough Council.

It has:

50 topics explored in detail to show technical, environmental and social change in Charnwood.

Every town and village is illustrated with notes and coloured photos.
There are over 800 coloured photographs and maps.

It is available from the Mayor's Office also at libraries, Loughborough Town Hall, Southfields Service Shop, Charnwood Museum and many bookshops, newsagents, village shops and Parish offices across the Borough.

Loughborough 1888-1988 The Birth of a Borough

This glossy A4 size book was written by Wallace Humphrey, Ian Kiel, Mervyn Walters and Donald Wix and was published by Charnwood Borough Council to celebrate the centenery of the incorporation of Loughborough. Copies are still available from the Mayor's Office priced at £5.00 including postage & packing.

Its 172 pages tell the story of the incorporation of the town and the creation of the Borough Council, along with a look at the life of the town in the 1890s. There are reprints of newspaper advertisements and gazeteers of the period and a pull-out town map.

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