Broad Street
Broad Street was built as an extension to the original marketplace, by now much too small, in the early 1200s. It was very ambitious in its size. It linked the old market area and the area then...
Leominster's High Streets
Explore Leominster's unique town centre through its historic streets and buildings.
For centuries Leominster's independent businesses and colourful shop fronts have been at the centre of community life.
Use the links below to find out more about the streets, shops and traders at the heart of Leominster's High St.
High Street
The first official trading space in Leominster was triangular. It probably dated from the 1100s. The line of the current High Street was its western side, Draper’s Lane its eastern side and Corn Street its southern edge.
Corn Square
Corn Square was first described as le Corncepyng, an informal trading space just outside the walls of the monastic precinct.
Drapers Lane
The line of Draper’s Lane marks the eastern side of Leominster’s original wedge-shaped market space, probably laid out in the 1100s. In the Middle Ages, the Lane connected the formal...
West Street
West Street was established before 1249. It was the main route out of the town towards Wales, along Bargates. By the 1400s, there was a small suburb along this road, but all traces of the buildings...
Etnam Street
Etnam (previously East) Street was the last piece of major town planning by the monks at Leominster Priory. The road was laid out in the mid-1200s...
School Lane
School Lane connects Etnam Street and Corn Square. Etnam Street was laid out by the monastery with burgage plots available for rent in the mid-1200s. School Lane appears to have been laid out a...