The journey time to Sheffield is around one hour, with Leeds and York taking approximately two. Since World War II Leicester has experienced large scale immigration from across the world. The town - which only had approximately 2,000 defenders opposed to the Royalist Army of approximately 10,000 combatants - was sacked on 31 May 1645, and hundreds of people were killed by Rupert's cavalry. Leicester is one of the oldest cities in England, with a history going back at least two millennia. Belgrave Road, not far from the city centre, is colloquially known as "The Golden Mile" because of the number of Jewellers. [25] Leicester's Jews were allowed to move to the eastern suburbs, which were controlled by de Montfort's great-aunt and rival, Margaret, Countess of Winchester, after she took advice from the scholar and cleric Robert Grosseteste. In 2016, they moved into the new Charter Street Leicester Community Sports Arena. Leicester is at the midpoint; Junctions 21, 21A and 22, of the primary English north/south M1 motorway between London and Leeds/York. The Liberal Democrat Party was the major loser, dropping from 25 councillors in 2003 to only 6 in 2007. [87], Leicester is the second fastest growing city in the country.[88]. Leicester (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / LEH-ster) is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire.The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest. [34] Riots destroyed enclosures in spring 1627 and 1628, following a pattern of anti-enclosure disturbances found elsewhere including the Western Rising. Local commitment to nurturing British engineers includes apprenticeship schemes with local companies, and academic-industrial connections with the engineering departments at Leicester University, De Montfort University, and nearby Loughborough University. Agnes Johnson Glimpses of ancient Leicester – Page 60 1891 "The first Mayor of Leicester, A.D. 1251. This article is about the city in England. As one of the fastest growing cities in the country, the ONS 2014 basis population projections indicate the city will be home to 400,000 inhabitants by around 2035. These years witnessed the growth in the city of trade unionism and particularly the co-operative movement. [95], The city has historically had a strong association with the production of textiles, clothing and shoes. Hosiery, textiles, and footwear became the major industrial employers: manufacturers such as N. Corah & Sons and the Cooperative Boot and Shoe Company were opening some of the largest manufacturing premises in Europe. [32] It was concluded that the skeleton was that of Richard III because of the DNA evidence and the shape of the spine. The Bureau of Statistics of the newly formed League of Nations identified Leicester in 1936 as the 2nd-richest city in Europe[45] and it became an attractive destination for refugees fleeing persecution and political turmoil in continental Europe. The borough had been expanding throughout the 19th century, but grew most notably when it annexed Belgrave, Aylestone, North Evington, Knighton, and Stoneygate in 1892. Later it became the burial place of Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (second wife of John of Gaunt) and of Mary de Bohun, first wife of Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV) and mother of King Henry V (she did not become queen because she died before Bolingbroke became king). Leicester is home to two universities, the University of Leicester, which attained its Royal Charter in 1957 and was ranked 12th by the 2009 Complete University Guide,[108] and De Montfort University, which opened in 1969 as Leicester Polytechnic and achieved university status in 1992. [119], The city is home to places of worship or gathering for all the faith groups mentioned and many of their respective sub-denominations. [37]. The City Rooms, Newarke Magazine Gateway. A second major extension to the boundaries following the changes in 1892 took place in 1935, with the annexation of the remainder of Evington, Humberstone, Beaumont Leys, and part of Braunstone. The motto "Semper Eadem" was the motto of Queen Elizabeth I, who granted a royal charter to the city. This was in part due to the local party splitting, with a number of councillors standing for the Liberal Party (UK, 1989). In certain primary schools in Leicester, English may not be the preferred language of 45% of pupils and the proportion of children whose first language is known, or believed to be, other than English, is significantly higher than other cities in the Midlands or the UK as a whole.[89]. It was not until 1881 that Leicester Secular Hall was opened. Nonetheless, Coventry has an area one third greater than Leicester's, approximately equivalent to a combined 'Leicester + Oadby and Wigston' with a respective population of 404,100 (2016 est.). Recruitment to the armed forces was lower in Leicester than in other English cities, partly because of the low level of unemployment and the need for many of its industries, such as clothing and footwear manufacturing, to supply the army. The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City of Leicester. Leicester has been particularly badly affected in the United Kingdom from July 2020 during the imposition of the first local lockdown which saw all non-essential retail closed again and businesses such as public houses, restaurants and hairdressers unable to reopen. The Golden Mile is the name given to a stretch of Belgrave Road renowned for its authentic Indian restaurants, sari shops, and jewellers; the Diwali celebrations in Leicester are focused on this area and are the largest outside the sub-continent[102], Henry Walker was a successful pork butcher who moved from Mansfield to Leicester in the 1880s to take over an established business in High Street. The Screenwriter's Handbook 2010. When his son became king, the Earldom of Leicester and the Duchy of Lancaster became royal titles (and the latter remains so). The Coronavirus pandemic has brought many social and economic challenges across the country and across the world. The city regained its unitary status apart from Leicestershire in 1997. In the Domesday Book of 1086, it is recorded as Ledecestre. En espérant que ça continue ainsi ! Leicester's diversified economic base and lack of dependence on primary industries meant it was much better placed than many other cities to weather the tariff wars of the 1920s and Great Depression of the 1930s. Leicester is believed to be the birthplace of the modern standard English language.[90]. Leicester is home to a number of comprehensive schools and independent schools. There are ten Scheduled Monuments in Leicester and thirteen Grade I listed buildings: some sites, such as Leicester Castle and the Jewry Wall, appear on both lists. Birmingham a bien défendu dans cette première mi temps. Parks: Abbey Park, Botanic Gardens, Castle Gardens, Grand Union Canal, Knighton Park, Nelson Mandela Park, River Soar, Victoria Park, Watermead Country Park. [111] The church was elevated to a collegiate church in 1922 and made a cathedral in 1927 following the establishment of a new Diocese of Leicester in 1926. Masjid Umar[124] (Mosque),[125] Guru Nanak Gurdwara (Sikh), Neve Shalom Synagogue (Progressive Jewish). [13] The native Iron Age settlement encountered by the Romans at the site seems to have developed in the 2nd or 1st centuries BC. - The Haymarket Shopping Centre was opened on the site in 1974, and was the first to be built in the city, with parking for up to 500 cars on several levels, two levels of shopping with bus station, and it is also the site of the Haymarket Theatre. [11], Based on the Welsh name (given as Kaerleir), Geoffrey of Monmouth proposes a king Leir of Britain as an eponymous founder in his Historia Regum Britanniae (12th century).[12]. Cette page affiche le score (résumé, buteurs, cartons) de l'affiche Leicester City / Birmingham City. [76] After institution of a directly elected mayor in 2011 the Lord Mayor of Leicester still exists as a ceremonial role under Leicester City Council.[77]. Transfers onto London Underground or Thameslink train services to London City or West End add another 15 to 25 minutes to the journey time and to Canary Wharf, double. The arch, one of the largest First World War memorials in the UK, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also designed the Cenotaph in London and is a grade I listed building. For other uses, see, City and unitary authority area in England, Leicester landmarks: (clockwise from top-left), Panoramic view; Suburban Leicester WNW viewed from LE1. John of Gaunt died at Leicester Castle in 1399. The years after World War II, particularly from the 1960s onwards, brought many social and economic challenges. 443 ff, "Richard III team makes second Leicester car park find", "Richard III dig: Have they found their man in Leicester? The Corporation of Leicester was later able to buy the waterworks and build another reservoir at Swithland, completed in the 1890s.[41]. Mais que quelqu'un ce decide à marquer ça m'arrangerait ... cordialement, Ça annule plus de but que donner des peno flagrant sans utiliser là var c’est devenu du cirque le foot actuel, Même over qui passe pas lol tout prévu à l’avànce et ça refuse. Leicester became a county borough in 1889, although it was abolished with the rest in 1974 as part of the Local Government Act. The Leicester City Local Education Authority initially had a troubled history when formed in 1997 as part of the local government reorganisation – a 1999 Ofsted inspection found "few strengths and many weaknesses", although there has been considerable improvement since then. In 1866 another amending Act enabled the Corporation of Leicester to take shares in the company to enable another reservoir at Cropston, completed in 1870. [citation needed], Places of worship include: Holy Cross Priory (Roman Catholic), Shree Jalaram Prarthana Mandal (Hindu temple),[120] the Stake Centre of the LDS Church's Stake,[citation needed] four Christadelphian meeting halls,[121] Jain Centre,[122] Leicester Cathedral, Leicester Central Mosque,[123] Following the Parliamentarian victory over the Royalist Army at the Battle of Naseby on 14 June 1645 Leicester was recovered by Parliament on 18 June 1645. Following the Norman conquest, Leicester was recorded by William's Domesday Book as Ledecestre. [81] The Conservative Party saw a decrease in their representation. [22] According to Geoffrey's narrative, Cordelia had buried her father beneath the river in a chamber dedicated to Janus and his feast day was an annual celebration. Leicester has the second largest economy in the East Midlands, after Nottingham. Proximity= Proximity in design simply means that objects near each other are seen as a unit. In addition to English and the primary western and central European languages, eight ethnic languages are sometimes heard: Gujarati is the preferred language of 16% of the city's residents, Punjabi 3%, Somali 4% and Urdu 2%. Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster, Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England, List of settlements in Leicestershire by population, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Church of St Michael the Greater, Stamford, List of people from Leicester and Leicestershire, List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom, Rt Hon Lord Janner of the City of Leicester, Rt Hon Lord Attenborough of Kingston upon Thames. Breaking open the doors, they killed all they found there without distinction". Leicester is at the intersection of two major railway lines—the north–south Midland Main Line and the east/west Birmingham to London Stansted CrossCountry line; as well as the confluence of the M1/M69 motorways and the A6/A46 trunk routes. East Midlands Airport (EMA), at Castle Donington 20 miles (32 km) north northwest of the city is the closest international airport. Certainly there is some continuation of occupation of the town, though on a much reduced scale in the 5th and 6th centuries. Leicester experiences a maritime climate with mild to warm summers and cool winters, rain spread throughout the year, and low sunshine levels. Certain European languages such as Polish will undoubtedly feature in current statistics, although their prevalence may reduce subsequently as future generations rapidly assimilate or return to places of origin, given cultural and geographic proximity and changes in the geo-political environment. 'Cycle Works' Bike Mechanic Training Centre is in Wellington Street Adult Education Centre and former Central Lending Library. However, in September 2012, an archaeological investigation of the car park revealed a skeleton[31] which DNA testing helped verify to be related to two descendants of Richard III's sister. [131][132], Leicester City F.C. After Leicester became a city again in 1919, the city council applied to add to the arms. In 2013, the discovery of a Roman cemetery found just outside the old city walls and dating back to AD 300 was announced. 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Leicester Airport (LRC) is a small airport some 6 miles (10 km) east of Leicester City Centre and does not operate scheduled services. [7], A list of British cities in the ninth-century History of the Britons includes one Cair Lerion; Leicester has been proposed as the place to which this refers (and the Welsh name for Leicester is Caerlŷr). [citation needed] There was a steady decline in Leicester's traditional manufacturing industries and, in the city centre, working factories and light industrial premises have now been almost entirely replaced. It also benefited from general acceptance (and the Public Health Acts )[citation needed] that municipal organisations had a responsibility to provide for the town's water supply, drainage, and sanitation. Appendix B: Leograceaster—The Saxon Name of Leicester, pp. Central Leicester is the location for several department stores including John Lewis, Debenhams. Dans les autres rencontres, Birmingham s’est imposé au bout du suspense face à Brighton (2-2, 5-4 T.A.B). In 1927, Leicester again became a cathedral city on the consecration of St Martin's Church as the cathedral. [94], Companies that have their principal offices or significant sites in Leicester and the surrounding area include; Brantano Footwear, Dunelm Mill, Next, Shoe Zone, Everards brewing and associated businesses, KPMG, Mazars, Cambridge & Counties Bank, HSBC and Santander banking, Hastings Insurance, British Gas, British Telecom, Caterpillar (Inc.), Topps Tiles and DHL. A set of gates and lodges, again by Lutyens, were added in the 1930s, leading to the memorial from the University Road and London Road entrances to Victoria Park.[42][43][44]. The airport is a national hub for mail/freight networks. It has become one of the most important short film festivals in the UK and usually runs in early November, with venues including the Phoenix Square.[127][128][129]. After a period of years spent working in Oxford and London Mole returns to Leicester and gets a job in a second-hand bookshop and a flat in an "upmarket" development on a swan-infested waterfront which is a barely disguised representation of the area near to St. Nicholas Circle. Sold under the Walker's name and under UK retailers own brands such as Tesco,[105] over three million hot and cold pies are made each week. The 2016 mid year estimate of the population of the City of Leicester unitary authority was 348,300, an increase of approximately 18,500 ( 5.6%) from the 2011 census figure of 329,839, making it the most populous municipality in the East Midlands region. BBC Radio Leicester was the first BBC Local Radio station in Britain, opening on 8 November 1967. [70] Typically, 54.9 air frosts will be recorded during the course of the year. Leicester is divided into 21 electoral wards: Abbey, Aylestone, Beaumont Leys, Belgrave, Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields, Castle, Evington, Eyres Monsell, Fosse, Humberstone & Hamilton, Knighton, North Evington, Rushey Mead, Saffron, Spinney Hills, Stoneygate, Thurncourt, Troon, Westcotes, Western, and Wycliffe. In the public sector, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust is one of the larger employers in the city, with over 12,000 employees working for the Trust. [15] The Celtic tribe holding the area was later recorded as the "Coritanians" but an inscription recovered in 1983 showed this to have been a corruption of the original "Corieltauvians". The nearest official Weather Station was Newtown Linford, about 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Leicester city centre and just outside the edge of the urban area. Leicester was also home to the famous Gents' of Leicester clock manufacturers. Tudor Grange Samworth Academy an academy whose catchment area includes the Saffron and Eyres Monsell estates, was co-sponsored by the Church of England and David Samworth, chairman of Samworth Brothers pasty makers. The decommissioned Leicester Central railway station is on the late Victorian Great Central Railway line that ran from London Marylebone northwards. Leicester has two main bus stations: St Margaret's Bus Station and the new and recommissioned (May 2016) Haymarket Bus Station. National Cycle Network Route 6 passes through Leicestershire along with other secondary routes. Rail and barge were finally eclipsed by automotive transport in the 1960s and 1970s: the Great Central and the Leicester and Swannington both closed and the northward extension of the M1 motorway linked Leicester into England's growing motorway network. Weather station is located 5 miles (8 km) from the Leicester city centre. BBC Asian Network and Sabras Radio broadcast on AM. There are three sixth form colleges, all of which were previously grammar schools. [27] De Montfort's many acts of anti-Jewish persecution in Leicester and elsewhere mass murder were part of a wider pattern that led to the expulsion of the Jewry from England in 1290.[28]. [20] Following the Saxon invasion of Britain, Leicester was occupied by the Middle Angles and subsequently administered by the kingdom of Mercia. The local DAB multiplex has the following stations: There are two hospital radio stations in Leicester, Radio Fox and Radio Gwendolen. Data calculated from raw monthly term data, Eurostat's Leicester 'Functional Urban Area' 2011: <> (Central) Metropolitan area, Geoffrey of Monmouth. [116][117][118], In 2011 Christians were the largest religious group in the city at 32.4%, with Muslims next (18.6%), followed by Hindus (15.2%), Sikhs (4.4%), Buddhists (0.4%), and Jews (0.1%). Gaelic rath and the nearby villages of Ratby and Ratcliffe[15]), suggesting the site was an oppidum. [66] However, the highest temperature since records began in Leicester is 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) on 15 July 1868. This area of the Soar was split into two channels: a main stream to the east and a narrower channel on the west, with a presumably marshy island between. comme par exempl' les stats de tel ou tel buteur domicile/exterieur, je regarde le match et c est attaque / defense Birmingham joue a 11 derriere et les contres, arretez un peu c 'est pareil a tout les matchs ca pleur ca pleur un match dure 93 mn apres oui soit on pleur soit on est content ,mais avant ca sert a rien, Leicester a du mal à marquer pour le moment. Gaining 18 new councillors, Labour polled on the day 38 councillors, creating a governing majority of +20. In 1987 the first Asian Mayor of Leicester was elected, Councillor Gordhan Parmar and the first Asian Member of Parliament, Keith Vaz. Leicestershire County Council retained its headquarters at County Hall in Glenfield, just outside the city boundary but within the urban area. The buildings at Welford Place have been demolished and the site is to be developed into a complex of offices and plazas. Voir un match de football en direct ? The second half of the 19th century also witnessed the creation of many other institutions, including the town council, the Royal Infirmary, and the Leicester Constabulary. Leicester is at the nexus of the A6/(A14), A50, A47 and A607 trunk roads and A426 and A5199 primary routes. In the early days the potatoes were sliced by hand and cooked in an ordinary deep fryer. - Highcross Leicester opened in 2008 after work to redevelop "The Shires Centre" was completed at a cost of £350 million (creating 120 stores, 15 restaurants, a cinema, 110,000 m2 of shopping space). The park and ride services are branded as quicksilver shuttle and are contracted to Roberts Coaches from the City Council and County Council, buses use a purpose built terminal near St. Nicholas Circle. Rainfall averages 684.4 mm per year,[71] with 1 mm or more falling on 120.8 days. The charge is a cinquefoil ermine, on a red field, and this emblem is used by the city council. The M42 motorway towards Birmingham Airport terminates in North West Leicestershire some 12 miles (19 km) west northwest of the Leicester urban area.