Photo : Frank Whittle
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Lutterworth Museum, Wycliffe House Gilmorton Road, LUTTERWORTH,
Leicestershire, LE17 4DY. Tel: 01455 555585. Presenting the local
history of Lutterworth and local villages. Displays include Sir
Frank Whittle, John Wycliffe, Local school photographic archive,
Lutterworth Railway Station working model, Tripontium, Roman
Bath House excavation. The museum has a fully stocked gift shop
selling local print pottery, books, paperweights etc. Location:
In the centre of Lutterworth.
STANFORD HALL, Lutterworth,
Leicestershire, LE17 6DH. Tel: 01788 860250. Stanford Hall, built
in the 1690s for Sir Roger Cave, is still home to his descendants
and is one of the most exquisite examples of the architecture
of the period. www.stanfordhall.co.uk. About 5 miles south of
Lutterworth.
Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996). British engineer Sir Frank Whittle
was a Royal Air Force officer who made a major contribution to
the invention of the jet engine. (Photo) in the centre of Lutterworth.
Power Jets Ltd were in Lutterworth from 1937 to 1945.
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