Many
terraces have a plaque of some sort, on the front of at least one
house, stating either the name of the terrace or the name and the
date of its construction. On small houses these plaques are usually
simple in design.
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While
the plaques pictured here date back to 1857 there are not many in
Leicester from before the 1870s as most of these terraces have been
demolished for slum clearance or other development.
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Although
small houses have simple designs, larger houses can have far more
ornate plaques, and some of these can be seen here.
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As
can be seen on this page, a row of houses may be referred to as
a 'terrace', 'cottages', 'houses', or, slightly posher, 'villas'.
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Designs
like those on the right may be repeated for the length of a block
of houses, each pair of houses having a different name.
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The
names on the plaques are usually of people, flowers, places, or
references to contemporary events, like the Boer War. Sometimes
the date isn't mentioned at all; sometimes there is just a date.
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