Crime and Punishment - free guided tour of Leicester Guildhall

Name: Crime and Punishment - free guided tour of Leicester Guildhall
Start: 2024-11-03T11:30:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-03T12:30:00+00:00
Location: Leicester Guildhall

Schedule

Sun Nov 03 2024 at 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Leicester Guildhall | Leicester, EN

Join Mark Collins, one of our wonderful tour guides for a special and unique look at the history of Leicester's oldest medieval building from when it was home to Leicester’s first Police Force.
This tour will concentrate upon the theme of ‘Crime and Punishment’. Find out about the unsavoury characters who have passed through its historic doors.
Tour times:
11:30am, 1pm and 2:30pm.

The tours are free, however, donations are welcome.
*Image: Convict: 4415. 11-year-old James Leadbeater. 4'2" in his stockinged feet was whipped and made to serve four-days hard labour with hardened adult criminals. His crime: stealing celery.