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Victoria County History: Leicestershire on the website of British History Online (University of London & History of Parliament Trust): Volume 2, 1954 by W. G. Hoskins (editor) assisted by R. A. McKinley. "A part-volume, detailing the history of the religious houses of the county."
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Leicester, the county town of Leicestershire, in England. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Leicester (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / ⓘ LES-tər) [7] 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. [4]
Military history of Leicestershire (6 C, 3 P) Monasteries in Leicestershire (28 P) P. Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire (historic) (11 P) S.
Leicestershire has a long history of livestock farming which continues today. Robert Bakewell (1725–1795) of Dishley, near Loughborough, was a revolutionary in the field of selective breeding. Bakewell's Leicester Longwool sheep was much prized by farmers across the British Empire and is today a heritage breed admired. [11]
Records of the Family of Bloxsom of Gilmorton, Co. Leicester. Privately published. Bloxsom, M (1918). A History of the Parish of Gilmorton in the County of Leicester. Privately published. McKinley, R.A. (1954). "The College of Noseley". In Hoskins, W.G. (ed.). A History of the County of Leicestershire. Victoria County History. Vol. 2.
Thomas Staveley was born to William Staveley (1596–1652), rector of Cossington, Leicestershire, and Anne (1605–1680), daughter of Thomas Babington of Rothley.He was born in East Langton, Leicestershire, sometime in November 1626, and was baptised on 26 November, in the parish church, Church Langton.
This engraving was used as a frontispiece to Burton's Description of Leicester Shire (1622). Portrait attributed to William Segar , Society of Antiquaries of London William Burton (24 August 1575 – 6 April 1645) was an English antiquarian, best known as the author of the Description of Leicester Shire (1622), the county's first published ...