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Weighbridge






  Humberstone House, 81 Humberstone Gate, Leicester LE1 1WB

 

Description

Weighbridge Toll Collector’s House - Story of Leicester

Leicester´s hay market used to be held in the area where the Clock Tower now stands. In the 1860s it moved to Humberstone Gate due to congestion from horse-drawn traffic.