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Leicester (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 38 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.6333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 08 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.1333 decimal degrees |
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Note: On the River Soar; site of Iron Age settlement; established as 'Civitas' by Romans; legendary home of King Lear; Cathedral see of Bishop of Leicester until the 9th century when it became a Danish borough; one of the Five Boroughs of Danelaw; site of first Parliament called in 1265 by Simon de Montfort and early center of dissidents; became important industrial center in the 14th century; visited by Richard III before his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485; center for hosiery and shoe industries since the 18th century. |
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| Leicester (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Leiscester (NA,V,English,U)
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| Ledecestre (H,V)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Ratae (H,O)
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............ | ancient Roman |
| Ratae Coritanorum (H,O)
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............ | ancient Roman |
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Leicester (unitary authority) (P) |
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Leicester (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Romans and ancient Britons ca. 200 |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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since the 14th century |
| educational center (C) |
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| episcopal see (B) |
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first established by East Mercians in 680, but suppressed under Danelaw in 869; re-established by Ethelfleda, Lady of Mercia, in 918 |
| borough (H) |
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| ancient site (H) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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