Lutterworth Museum | Lutterworth History | 12d Market St, Lutterworth, UK top of page Lutterworth & District Museum Get In Touch! Welcome to Lutterworth & District Museum, the home of the Sir Frank Whittle Jet Engine and where John Wycliffe completed the first translation of the Bible from Latin to English. Opening Times Thursday....... Friday............ Saturday........ Sunday........... 10:30am - 3:30pm 10:30am - 3:30pm 10:30am - 3:30pm 1:00pm - 3:30pm Scroll Down for our Journey Through Time... 1st-4th Centuries - Evidence of Roman Settlement 450-1066 - Evidence of Saxon Village Pre 1066 - Before the Norman invasion Lutterworth was owned by Earl Ralph of Hereford, nephew of Edward the Confessor 1086 - Lutterworth is mentioned in the Domesday Book 1170 - St Mary's Church built 1214 - Lutterworth granted its market charter by King John 1374 - John Wycliffe John Wycliffe spent the last three years of his life in exile at Lutterworth. During his time here and assisted by his followers including Nicholas of Hereford, John Horn and John Purvey, he completed the first translation of the bible from Latin into English in 1383. Find Out More 1445 - The Greys of Groby become the owners of the Manor of Lutterworth 1509 - Churchgate School opens 1630 - Lutterworth Grammar School founded 1698 - The Clockmakers of Lutterworth The Corrall family were famous Lutterworth clockmakers in the 18th and 19th centuries. E.J.Haswell was equally well-known in the 20th C. We currently have 3 on display at the Museum Find Out More 1733 - Sherrier School opens 1787 - Stage Coaches first travel through Lutterworth 1843 - Lutterworth Police Station Lutterworth Police Station was built in 1843 on the junction of Leicester Road and Gilmorton Road at a cost of £731. It is believed to be the first purpose built Police Station and Magistrates’ Court in the country, and it had two cells, a walled yard, office and a Superintendent’s house, Find Out More 1891 - SS Lutterworth Lutterworth Museum holds various pictures and information about SS Lutterworth. Click below to find out more or come and visit the display! Find Out More 1899 - Lutterworth Railway Station Lutterworth Railway Station, owned by Great Central Railway, opened on 15th March 1899 and was located at the bottom of Station Road (previously Ely Lane). We are proud to have a working N gauge model of Lutterworth Railway Station as it would have been in its prime. Find Out More 1899 - Fielding Palmer Cottage Hospital is established 1938 - Sir Frank Whittle Lutterworth and District Museum is proud to have a Whittle W2/700 jet engine as part of its collection. In April 1941 a test version of the flight engine – W1X – was assembled and run at Lutterworth just as the first of the Gloster Whittle E28/39s was completed. Find Out More 1940 - The Merlin Engine Lutterworth Museum has a Merlin Engine from a Mk 1 Hurricane that was shot down in 1940. The engine is on permanent display, and we can tell you its story Find Out More 1969 - Lutterworth Railway closes as part of Beeching cuts 2013 - Lutterworth Police Station closes - at the time it was the oldest operational police station in the country There's More... Memorabilia Lutterworth Schools Archaeology Lutterworth and District Museum holds an interesting amount of memorabilia and medals from the first and second World Wars. Find Out More Lutterworth and District Museum has a display explaining the history of schooling in Lutterworth, along with a large archive of school photographs, copies of which are available to order and purchase. Find Out More In 2017, for the Festival of Archaeology, we decided to dig a number of test pits near Brookfield Way with a view to finding evidence of Roman occupation. Find Out More bottom of page