The archaeology of Leicester's lost medieval churches with Mathew Morris

Anstey’s 400-Year-Old Packhorse Bridge Beneath these willow branches lies a bridge that predates most of Leicester’s streets. Built in the late 1500s or early 1600s, it once carried the old Leicester road before modern traffic ever existed. Five stone arches, slate and granite rubble, and tiny cutwater refuges tell the story of a slower world—packhorses loaded with goods, villagers stepping aside as they crossed the Rothley Brook. Now a Grade II* listed monument, it remains a living link to Anst