History of Leicestershire of the county council, Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicester City FC and Leicestershire Scouts is the red fox. Leicestershire is considered to be the birthplace of fox hunting as it is known today. Hugo Meynell of Quorn, Master of the Quorn Hunt 1753–1800, is known as the father of fox hunting. Melton Mowbray and Market Harborough have associations with fox hunting, as has neighbouring Rutland. History of Leicestershire in 1807 , the first recorded use of the name was as "Laegrecastrescir". In the Anglo-Saxon period the area was originally in the territory of the Middle Angles and later Mercia. After
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and Westbeth leaders, as well as residents of the South and East Village. The organization also publishes a daily blog of local and historical interest called “Off the Grid,” as well as "The Anthemion," a semiannual newsletter detailing the status of its advocacy and other projects. Although a large portion of the Village was designated in 1969 as part of the Greenwich Village Historic District, many buildings outside the district’s boundaries are unprotected. During the decade between 2003 and 2013, GVSHP helped secure landmark designation of over 1,100 buildings, as well as community-scaled "contextual rezonings" of nearly 100 blocks. Some