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Leicester (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / ⓘ LES-tər) is a city, unitary authority area, unparished area and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a population of 373,399 in 2022.
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Leicester is about 2,000 years old and was called Ratae Corieltauvorum when it was founded by the Romans. After the Romans had gone and the Anglo-Saxons settled there, the town of Leicester was founded and named after the River Soar (then called Leire) and "cester" meaning the Roman ruins. Much later, after the invasion by the Danes, Leicester was ...
Leicester has three MPs: Jon Ashworth (Leicester South, Labour), Liz Kendall(Leicester West, Labour) and Claudia Webbe (Leicester East), Independent. On 5 May 2011, Sir Peter Soulsby became the first directly elected Mayorof Leicester. He is called the City Mayor. Leicester also has a Lord Mayor for ceremonies. Leicester City Council has 54 council...
Leicester has a very large covered outdoor market. The market has been in the same place for 700 years. The city also has two shopping centres: Haymarket and the much larger Highcross. Leicester has several museums. The biggest and best known is the New Walk Museum. The city has many parks, including Abbey Park and Victoria Park. There is also a bo...
Leicester City Guide Archived 2011-03-01 at the Wayback MachineLeicester and District Trades Union Council Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine2 days ago · Leicester, city and unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Leicestershire, England. It lies on the River Soar and the Grand Union Canal. Leicester was the site of a prominent Roman settlement (Ratae Corieltauvorum) that marked the point where the Fosse Way (a Roman road) crossed the
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Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands region of England, the capital of the traditional county of Leicestershire, with a population of almost 370,000 in the city and 510,000 in the urban area (2021). Leicester is a cosmopolitan city with friendly people from all races, backgrounds and cultures creating a culturally diverse city.
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Leicestershire was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a city within the wapentake of Guthlaxton. [2] when there were four wapentakes completely in Leicestershire: Guthlaxton, Framland, Goscote and Gartree. These later became hundreds, with the division of Goscote into West Goscote and East Goscote, and the addition of Sparkenhoe hundred ...
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