The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Leicester, England.
Prior to 16th century
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- 48 CE – The Roman town of Ratae Corieltauvorum is established (approx. date)[1]
- 120/121 CE - Ratae Corieltauvorum on Fosse Way, was a municipality.
- 130 CE – Jewry Wall built by Romans (approx. date).[2]
- 145 CE – Public baths built by Romans (approx. date).
- 150 CE – The "Blackfriars Pavement" is laid (approximate date)[3]
- 155 CE – The "Peacock Pavement" is laid (approx. date)[3]
- 680 – Cuthwine is installed as the first Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Leicester
- 870 – Leicester ceases to be a separate diocese when the last Saxon Bishop flees from the invading Danes.
- 877 – The Danes are in power.[4][5]
- 880 – St Nicholas' Church active (next to Jewry Wall (approx. date).[2]
- 1070 – Leicester Castle built (approx. date).[2]
- 1086
- Market active.[6]
- St Margaret's Church and St Martin's Church are active (approx. date).[7][8]
- In the Domesday survey, the walled town occupies 130 acres, with 322 houses and 6 churches.[9]
- 1107 – Castle Chapel is founded.[10][11][2]
- 1118 - Death of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester who owned the town.[2]
- 1143 – Leicester Abbey is founded by Robert le Bossu, Earl of Leicester.[4][12][2]
- 1228 – Leicester fair active.[6]
- 1230 – Franciscan monastery active (approx. date).
- 1307 - Edward III. granted a fair for 17 days after the feast of the Holy Trinity.[2]
- 1330 – Trinity Hospital is founded.[13][14]
- 1350 – Guild of Corpus Christi constituted.[15]
- 1390 – Corpus Christi Guildhall built (approx. date).
- 1444 – Most of St Margaret's Church is rebuilt, including the West Tower (approx. date).[11]
- 1485 – Richard III spends his last night in Leicester before the Battle of Bosworth Field. His body is afterwards brought back to the town and buried at Greyfriars.[16][17]
16th–18th centuries
- 1511 – Wigston's Chantry House is built in the Newarke (approximate date).[14]
- 1513 – Wyggeston Hospital founded.[13]
- 1530 – Cardinal Thomas Wolsey dies at Leicester Abbey.
- 1535 – The Greyfriars Monastery is closed.
- 1538 – With the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Leicester Abbey is surrendered to the king and demolished.[12]
- 1548 – The Guild of Corpus Christi is dissolved.[9]
- 1550 – The Free Grammar School is established by this year, using money left by William Wyggeston .[18]
- 1589 – Corporation of Leicester established.
- 1595 – Skeffington House is built in the Newarke (approximate date).[14]
- 1642 – Charles I passes through Leicester before raising his standard at Nottingham.[19]
- 1645 – The Siege of Leicester during the English Civil War.[19][20]
- 1680 - Knitting frames for hosiery were introduced about this time.[2]
- 1751 – Leicester Journal newspaper begins publication.[21]
- 1770 – Daniel Lambert is born in Leicester [22]
- 1771 – Leicester Royal Infirmary opens.[23]
- 1773 – The High Cross in High Street was removed.[7]
- 1785 – The Greencoat School is established with money left by Alderman Gabriel Newton .[18]
- 1792 – Leicester Chronicle newspaper begins publication.[24]
- 1794 - The corporation sanctioned several fairs.[2]
- 1800 – Leicester Medical Book Society founded.[25]
19th century
- 1801 – Population: 17,005.[26]
- 1804 – The South Fields are enclosed.[11]
- 1806 – Racecourse established.[26]
- 1817 – Leicester Savings Bank established.[15]
- 1821 – Leicester Gas Company is established.[27]
- 1825 – Wharf Street Cricket Ground opens, home to the Leicestershire County Cricket Club.
- 1828 – The new Leicester Prison opens on Welford Road.[11]
- 1832
- Leicester and Swannington Railway begins operating.[28]
- Christ Church built.[13]
- 1835 – Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society founded.[29][30]
- 1836
- Leicester Borough Police Force is established.[31]
- The Theatre Royal opens in Horsefair Street.[11]
- 1838 – Union Workhouse built.[15][30]
- 1840 ---The Midland Counties Railway from Derby to Rugby opened, with a station at Campbell Street, Leicester.[32]
- 1845 – Particular Baptist Chapel opens.[13]
- 1849
- Chamber of Commerce established.[15]
- Leicester Museum & Art Gallery opens [30]
- 1851 – A pumping station is built near the River Soar under the Leicester Sewerage Act.[12]
- 1853
- 1857
- 1860 – Major restoration of St Martin's Church is begun; the tower and spire are demolished and rebuilt.[8]
- 1861 – Population: 68,056.[26]
- 1862 – Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man", is born in Leicester [34]
- 1863 – The Old Bow Bridge is demolished and replaced with an iron bridge.[35]
- 1864
- South Leicestershire Railway (Hinckley-Leicester) begins operating.[15]
- Leicester balloon riot
- 1866
- 1867 – Leicester Cathedral built.
- 1868 – Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower erected.[15]
- 1870 - Leicester School of Art founded.
- 1871
- 1872 – Leicester Borough Fire Brigade is established.[30]
- 1874
- Leicester's first horse-drawn tram service begins operating, from the Clock Tower to Belgrave.[30][36]
- Leicester Mercury newspaper begins publication.
- 1875 – Trams begin operating from the town centre to Victoria Park and Humberstone.[30]
- 1876
- Leicester Town Hall is built.[30]
- Leicester Co-operative Hosiery Manufacturing Society organised.[37]
- 1877
- The Wyggeston Hospital School opens.[18]
- Skating rink opens in Rutland Street.[36]
- Leicester Bicycling Club active (approximate date).[38]
- The Opera House opens in Silver Street.[39]
- 1878 – Leicestershire County Cricket Club's new ground at Grace Road opens
- 1878 - Leicestershire Lawn Tennis Club Established
- 1879 – The first municipal swimming baths open in Bath Lane.[30]
- 1880 – Leicester Tigers Rugby Union Football Club is founded
- 1881 – Population: 122,351.[26]
- 1882 – Victoria Park and Abbey Park open.[30][40]
- 1884 – Leicester Fosse football club formed.
- 1885 – Leicester and Leicestershire Photographic Society founded.[41]
- 1886 – Spinney Hill Park opens.[30]
- 1889
- Leicester becomes a County borough per Local Government Act 1888.
- Leicester Branch of the Socialist League organised.[25]
- 1891
- Filbert Street stadium opens.
- Abbey Pumping Station in operation.
- The Borough of Leicester is greatly enlarged by the Leicester Extension Act, with the addition of Aylestone, Belgrave, Knighton, Newfoundpool and parts of Braunstone, Evington and Humberstone.[30]
- Population: 174,624.[26][2]
- 1892
- Leicester Tigers move to their new home at Welford Road Stadium
- London Road Station replaced Campbell Street Station.[42]
- Belgrave became part of Leicester[43]
- 1894 – Leicester Fosse joined the Football League.[44]
- 1896
- 1898 – The Grand Hotel is built in Granby Street.
- 1899
- British United Shoe Machinery is established in Belgrave Road.[45]
- Leicester Central railway station opened. (closed 1969)
20th century
- 1901 - Population: 211,579.[2]
- 1904 – The conversion of Leicester's horse-drawn trams to electric trams is completed.[30]
- 1905 - Leicester General Hospital opened.
- 1906 – Future Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald was elected as one of the two MPs for Leicester.[46]
- 1913 – De Montfort Hall opens.
- 1919 – Leicester attains city status.[30]
- 1920 – The City Boys School opens .[18]
- 1921
- The University College of Leicester is established.[47]
- Population: 234,000.[30]
- 1923 – In the General Election, Winston Churchill is the Liberal candidate in Leicester West and loses.[48]
- 1925 – Braunstone Frith is absorbed into the city of Leicester.[12]
- 1927
- St Martin's Church becomes Leicester Cathedral.[8]
- Dr. Cyril Bardsley is appointed the first Bishop of Leicester.[8]
- 1932 – The Little Theatre opens in Dover Street.
- 1935 – Humberstone, Knighton, New Parks and Beaumont Leys are absorbed into the city of Leicester.[12][43]
- 1936
- The city boundaries were further extended to include most of Evington [43]
- Odeon Cinema opened.
- 1940 – Leicester suffers its worst air raid of World War II on the night of 19 November.
- 1947 - University of Leicester Botanic Garden opened.
- 1958 – Rock 'N' Roll comes to Leicester when Buddy Holly and the Crickets perform live at De Montfort Hall
- 1962 – Jewry Wall Museum built.
- 1963 – The Beatles perform live at De Montfort Hall for the first time.
- 1966 – The City of Leicester Polytechnic is established.
- 1969 – The Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment opens in the Magazine Gateway.
- 1970 – University of Leicester's Attenborough Building constructed.
- 1972 – Abbey Pumping Station museum opens.
- 1973
- Haymarket Shopping Centre in business.
- Leicester Theatre Trust formed.
- 1974 – Leicester City Council established per Local Government Act 1972.
- 1985 – St Margaret's Bus Station opens.
- 1992 – The Leicester Polytechnic becomes De Montfort University.
- 1997
- Leicester City Council becomes unitary authority per 1990s UK local government reform.
- Leicester Bike Park opens.
21st century
- 2002 – King Power Stadium opens.
- 2011 – Institution of an elected mayor.[49]
- 2012
- Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duchess of Cambridge visit Leicester during the Queen's Golden Jubilee tour of Britain.
- The remains of King Richard III are discovered beneath a Council car park. Plans are begun for his eventual reinterment in Leicester Cathedral.
- 2016 - Leicester City win the 2015–16 Premier League for their first league title, being 5000-to-1 outsiders at the start of the season,[50] and won the BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award.[51]
See also
- History of Leicester
- History of Leicestershire
- Timelines of other cities in East Midlands: Derby, Lincoln, Nottingham
References
- ↑ Blank, Elizabeth (1970). A Guide to Leicestershire Archaeology. Leicester Museums.
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- 1 2 "Leicester's History Headlines". Around Leicester. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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- 1 2 Samantha Letters (2005), "Leicestershire", Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516, Institute of Historical Research, Centre for Metropolitan History
- 1 2 McKinley, R. A. (1958). "24 "The Ancient Borough – St Margaret's"". A History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0-7129-1044-6.
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- 1 2 McKinley, R. A. (1958). "6 "Political and administrative history, 1066-1509"". A History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0-7129-1044-6.
- ↑ "History". Leicester: St. Mary de Castro. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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- 1 2 3 McKinley, R.A. (1958). "22 "The Ancient Borough – The Newarke"". A History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 4: The City of Leicester. pp. 328–335. ISBN 978-0-7129-1044-6.
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- ↑ Woodward, G.W.O. (1977). King Richard III. Pitkin. ISBN 0-85372-162-9.
- ↑ Williams, D.T. (1975). The Battle of Bosworth. Leicester University Press. ISBN 0-7185-1113-1.
- 1 2 3 4 5 McKinley, R.A. (1958). "17 "Primary and Secondary Education"". A History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0-7129-1044-6.
- 1 2 Wilshere, Jonathan; Green, Susan (1972). The Siege of Leicester – 1645. Leicester Research Services.
- ↑ McKinley, R.A. (1958). "8 "Political and Administrative History, 1509-1660"". A History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 4: The City of Leicester.
- ↑ "Leicester". Newspaper Press Directory. London: Charles Mitchell. 1847.
- ↑ Seccombe, Thomas (2004). "Daniel Lambert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15932. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ↑ McKinley, R. A. (1958). "34 "Hospitals and Almshouses"". A History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0-7129-1044-6.
- ↑ "Leicester (England) Newspapers". Main Catalogue. British Library. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- 1 2 University Library, Special Collections. "A-Z of All Collections". University of Leicester. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Leicester", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
- ↑ McKinley, R.A. (1958). "10 "Parliamentary history, 1660-1835"". A History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0-7129-1044-6.
- ↑ Frederick Smeeton Williams (1888), The Midland Railway: its rise and progress (5th ed.), London: Bentley, OL 7043506M
- ↑ "History". Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society. University of Leicester. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 McKinley, R. A. (1958). "13 "Social and Administrative History since 1835"". A History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0-7129-1044-6.
- ↑ McKinley, R.A. (1958). "12 "Parliamentary History since 1835"". A History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0-7129-1044-6.
- ↑ White, William (1846). History, Gazetteer and Directory of Leicestershire. Sheffield: William White.
- ↑ Leicester Postal Handbook. Leicester: Ward & Son. April 1869.
- ↑ Osborne, Peter; Harrison, B. (September 2004). "Merrick, Joseph Carey [Elephant Man] (1862–1890)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37759. Retrieved 24 May 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ McKinley, R. A. (1958). "29 "The Ancient Borough – White Friars"". A History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0-7129-1044-6.
- 1 2 3 Robert Read (1881). Modern Leicester. London: Simpkin, Marshall.
- ↑ History of the Leicester Co-operative Hosiery Manufacturing Society, Co-operative Printing Society, 1898
- ↑ Bicycling Times, vol. 1, 24 May 1877
- ↑ McKinley, R. A. (1958). A History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0-7129-1044-6.
- ↑ William Kelly (1884). Royal Progresses and Visits to Leicester. S. Clarke.
- ↑ "Photographic Societies of the British Isles and Colonies", International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, 1891
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1992) [1984]. Buildings of Leicestershire and Rutland. London: Penguin. p. 228. ISBN 014-071018-3.
- 1 2 3 Jordan, Christine (2003). The illustrated history of Leicester's suburbs. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 21, 32, 77, 96, 102. ISBN 1-85983-348-9.
- ↑ Stretton, John (1997). Leicestershire and Rutland Past and Present. The3 Counties of England. Wadenhoe,Peterborough: Past and present Ltd. p. 72. ISBN 9-781858951096.
- ↑ McKinley, R. A. (1958). A History of the County of Leicester Volume 4: The City of Leicester, Chapter 15 "Footwear Manufacture". ISBN 978-0-7129-1044-6.
- ↑ Newitt, Ned (2008). A People's history of Leicester. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-85983-646-0.
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- ↑ "British Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ "Leicester City win Premier League title after Tottenham draw at Chelsea". BBC Sport. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ "Sports Personality 2016: Leicester win Team of the Year, Claudio Ranieri top coach". BBC News. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
Further reading
- John Nichols (1795). "History and Antiquities of the Town of Leicester". History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. Vol. 1. London: Nichols & Son. p. 407+.
Published in the 19th century
1800s–1840s
- John Britton (1807), "Leicester", Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 9, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, hdl:2027/mdp.39015063565736
- "Leicester". Commercial Directory for 1818-19-20. Manchester: James Pigot. 1818.
- Susanna Watts (1820). A Walk Through Leicester; Being a Guide to Strangers (2nd ed.). Leicester: T. Combe.
- Robert Watt (1824). "Leicester". Bibliotheca Britannica. Vol. 4. Edinburgh: A. Constable. hdl:2027/mdp.39076005081505. OCLC 961753.
- "Leicester". Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory for 1828-9. London: James Pigot. 26 August 2023.
- John Curtis (1831). "Leicester". Topographical History of the County of Leicester. W. Hextall.
- David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Leicester". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Vol. 12. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker. hdl:2027/mdp.39015068380875.
- "Leicester", Leigh's New Pocket Road-Book of England and Wales (7th ed.), London: Leigh and Son, 1839
- John Thomson (1845), "Leicester", New Universal Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary, London: H.G. Bohn
- James Thompson (1849). History of Leicester. Leicester: J.S. Crossley.
1850s–1890s
- William Napier Reeve (1854), "Our Town; and How it Strikes a Stranger", Leicester New Monthly Magazine, London: Houlston and Stoneman, vol. 1,
Eliot Roscoe
- "Our Town, No. 3: Roman Leicester", Leicester New Monthly Magazine, vol. 1
- "Our Town, No. 4: Saxon Leicester", Leicester New Monthly Magazine, vol. 1
- "Our Town, No. 6: Lancastrian Leicester", Leicester New Monthly Magazine, vol. 1
- "Our Town, No. 7: Yorkist Leicester", Leicester New Monthly Magazine, vol. 1
- "Our Town, No. 8: Tudor Leicester", Leicester New Monthly Magazine, vol. 1
- "Our Town, No. 9: Stuart Leicester", Leicester New Monthly Magazine, vol. 1
- "History of the Borough of Leicester". History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. Sheffield: William White. 1863.
- Leicester Postal Handbook. Leicester: Ward & Son. 1868–1869.
- James Thompson (1871), The history of Leicester in the eighteenth century, Leicester: Crossley and Clarke, OCLC 6120339
- "Roman Leicester", Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society, Leicester: Samuel Clarke, vol. 4, 1878
- John Parker Anderson (1881), "Leicestershire: Leicester", Book of British Topography: a Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, London: W. Satchell
- Hammond's Guide to Leicester and the Abbey park. W.A. Hammond. 1882.
- "Leicester", Handbook for Travellers in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1892, OCLC 2097091
- "Leicester". Official Guide to the Midland Railway. London: Cassell & Company. 1894.
- Charles Gross (1897). "Leicester". Bibliography of British Municipal History. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Spencer's Illustrated Leicester Almanack ... for 1898. Leicester: J. & T. Spencer. 1898.
Published in the 20th century
- G.K. Fortescue, ed. (1902). "Leicester". Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years 1881–1900. London: The Trustees. hdl:2027/uc1.b5107012.
- J.G. Bartholomew (1904), "Leicester", Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles, London: G. Newnes
- Mrs. T. Fielding Johnson (1906), Glimpses of ancient Leicester, in six periods (2nd ed.), Leicester: Clarke and Satchell, OL 25498292M
- "Leicester", Great Britain (7th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, hdl:2027/mdp.39015010546516
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 393.
- "Leicester". England. Blue Guides. London: Macmillan. 1920.
External links
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