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High Cross is the name given to the crossroads of the Roman roads of Watling Street (now the A5) and Fosse Way on the border between Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England.A naturally strategic high point, High Cross was "the central cross roads" of Anglo-Saxon and Roman Britain. [1]
Holy Cross Priory: Wellington Street: Dominican priory established in 1882, re-establishing Dominican presence in Leicester, which had existed from 1247 to 1538. The Dominicans then established local parish churches of the area.
Leicestershire districts and boroughs This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. There are 233 civil parishes. Population figures are unavailable for some of the smallest parishes. The districts of Leicester and Oadby and Wigston (Oadby and Wigston) are entirely unparished. Coalville, Hinckley, Loughborough, Market Harborough and Melton Mowbray are ...
Although it is situated away from the present city centre, at the time the church was built it was at the heart of the city. In the Domesday Book it is recorded that Leicester had six churches, and it is assumed that All Saints was one of these. In 1143 it was given to Leicester Abbey. [3] The church was enlarged in about 1300 when aisles were ...
Parish church Location Tradition AEO Refs St Aidan's Church, St Oswald Road, New Parks, Leicester LE3 6RJ: Leicester, Leicestershire Anglo-Catholic Yes (Bishop of Richborough) [95] Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester: Leicester, Leicestershire Traditional Catholic Yes (Bishop of Richborough) [96] [97] St Nicholas' Church, Leicester
Parish Location Evidence of Anglo-Catholicity Notes Rikkyo All Saints Chapel (at Rikkyo University) : Toshima-ku, Tokyo: Solemn High Mass at Easter, Pentecost and Christmas; Sung Mass on Sundays (usually 10:00 am) and daily Low Mass (7:00 am); Choral Evensong on Fridays; use of vestments, processional cross, candles, incense, bells at elevation etc.; anthems sometimes sung in Latin; service by ...
Pages in category "Civil parishes in Leicestershire" The following 138 pages are in this category, out of 138 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The city centre was the High Cross, at the junction of the current High Street and Highcross Street (in mediaeval times, High Street ran between the north and south gates along the line of the current Highcross Street, while the current High Street was called Swinesmarket). Leicester Cathedral [2] and the Guildhall occupy this old area of town.