Westcotes

The area was developed quite late, because the land remained part of two privately held estates until the 1870s.

Both of these roads crossed the River Soar at a place close to where the West Bridge stands today.

In the early 1780s, some Roman mosaics were found amongst the cherry tree roots at Danet's Hall (which belonged to the Danet family from the 15th to the late 17th centuries), located "between Bow Bridge and Fosse Road on a wooded lane known as Watt’s Causeway, later to become King Richards Road".

c. lxxiii) was passed in Parliament, a long straight cut was made from the Burton Railway Bridge north to the King Richards Road.

The mansion, known as Westcotes, was sited in the area now occupied by Cranmer Street, and it was the home of Joseph Harris until 1886 when much of the estate was sold and the house demolished.

Much of the house construction in the West End area was undertaken by small enterprise, leading to considerable diversity in building design and form, even over relatively narrow geographical scales.

With textile, clothing and shoe-making employers such as Liberty Shoes and N. Corah and Sons nearby, and with the manufacturing centres of Woodgate and Frog Island in adjacent districts, the West End was home to many of the employees of Leicester's dominant industries.

As a consequence, these areas had a vibrant community based around factory life, and around other social institution such as sports clubs and churches.

As a consequence many single men married local girls and a close-knit community was formed.

[7] From 1970 to 1971 a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) was made under the Housing Act 1957 to allow "outworn terraces" to be cleared.

The attached historic picture of Westcotes Gardens shows in the background the terrace of houses forming nos.

The picture shows what appears to be a detached stable block to the rear of 171 Upperton Road which no longer exists.

The largest ethnicities are of Turkish and Eastern European descent including Istanbul restaurant, the area has a large variety of Mosques and Churches.