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The Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower is a major landmark and popular meeting point in Leicester, England. It is located roughly in the middle of the area inside the ring-road, and is at the point where five major streets meet; Gallowtree Gate, Humberstone Gate (A47), Haymarket (A607), Church Gate (A6) and Eastgates (A47).
The clock was installed in 1989 on the side of the Rattray Lecture Theatre at the University of Leicester. It was designed and constructed by Allan Mills and Ralph Jefferson. [1] The display is 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter.
Gabriel Newton (1683–1762) was a leading figure in the English city of Leicester. [1] Born in Leicester, he was a wool-comber by trade and later became landlord of the Horse and Trumpet Inn. In 1710 he was appointed as a member of the city's Corporation, in 1726 was chosen as an alderman, and in 1732 was elected as Mayor of Leicester. He was ...
Follow BBC Leicester on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. More on this story. Church clock from 1870s undergoing ...
It is a fine early example of a pre-Copernican astronomical clock. Leicester. The Leicester University astronomical clock (1989) is on the Rattray Lecture Theatre opposite the Physics department. London. The astrological clock of Bracken House was installed in 1959, and depicts the Signs of the Zodiac. Snowshill.
Leicester City Centre is Leicester's historical commercial, cultural and transport hub and is home to its central business district. Its inner core is roughly delineated by the A594, Leicester's inner ring road, although the various central campuses of the University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Leicester College are adjacent to the inner ring road and could be considered to be a ...
This list of tallest buildings and structures in Leicester ranks the loftiest buildings in Leicester, United Kingdom by height. In pole position within the city is the 17 + storey Cardinal Telephone Exchange (dating back some 50 years), which rises 84 metres (276 ft) (c. 95 metres (312 ft) to pinnacle/antennae).
1377 – Leicester assessed as 17th richest borough in the Kingdom of England. [68] 1389 – Noted Leicester priest and Lollard William Swinderby was forced to recant his heresy publicly in all the city's major churches as well as those at Market Harborough and Melton Mowbray by the church court at Lincoln. Later burned at the stake in London ...