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| - Leicester was a city in Great Britain. The planned V-1 motorway was due to connect it to London and a number of other occupied cities.
- Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest. In the 2011 census, the population of the Leicester unitary authority was 330,000, the highest in the region, whilst 509,000 people lived in the wider Leicester Urban Area, making Leicester the tenth largest city in the United Kingdom and England's eleventh largest urban area. It has the second largest urban area in the East Midlands region. Eurostat's Larger Urban Zone listed the population of Leicester LUZ at 806,100 people as of 2009. According to the 2011 census Leicester had the largest proportion of people aged 19-and-under in the East Midlands with 27 per cent.
- Wikipedia Article About Leicester on Wikipedia Leicester cheese, often called Red Leicester, is an English cheese, made in a similar manner to cheddar cheese, but is crumblier; it is coloured orange by adding annatto extract during manufacture. The "red" in the name is a bit misleading, because there is no other well known Leicester cheese of another colour to so distinguish it by. The fairly mild flavour goes well with most food and wine or beer, and is good for Welsh rarebit and cheese on toast.
- The city Leicester (or Lesta) was founded in Roman times approximately 2000 years ago. Recognised as one of the most important settlements in the UK, Leicester has a rich and colourful history. Unfortunately this is all in the past.
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| - The city Leicester (or Lesta) was founded in Roman times approximately 2000 years ago. Recognised as one of the most important settlements in the UK, Leicester has a rich and colourful history. Unfortunately this is all in the past. Leicester's most celebrated 'citizen' was Simon de Montfort, a powerful and arrogant French aristocrat, who, by accident of marriage, acquired land in England and an extra minor title, the Earl of Leicester. After an argument with the king over who had the most right to exploit the peasants on his estates, for a short time de Montfort became the only ruthless French military dictator to govern England. There are no relics or historical sites associated with him in Leicester, probably because the closest he ever got to Leicester was when he visited his English stronghold at Kenilworth in Warwickshire. Cardinal Wolsey was just passing through, but shortly after his arrival in Leicester he decided to pass away instead. His last words are often misquoted; what he actually said was: "Had I but served my God as I have served my King, he wouldn't have left me to die like a rat in a khazi." 400 years later the people of Leicester honoured the great man's memory with a hosiery factory, and when the factory went bust they took the concrete copy of a statue from the top and stuck it in Abbey Park to frighten children. Wolsey was buried in Leicester but, in keeping with local tradition, nobody bothered to remember where. Richard III was perhaps the most famous person who came to Leicester to die. The discovery of his remains led to a thorough historical re-evaluation of the supposedly villainous monarch. Now that Shakespeare's co-called 'drama' has been revealed to be the worthless 'Tudor propaganda' it clearly is, there can be no doubt to all who see Richard's face on display at Leicester Guildhall (see Tourism & Commerce) that it belonged to a saintly man, a humble servant of humanity, and numerous visitors who have gazed upon the face have found themselves miraculously cured of leprosy, the King's evil and plague. Geoffrey Chaucer also spent some time in Leicester when things began to get a bit too hot for him at Court. He came to Leicester working on the brilliant premise that nobody would think of looking for a great poet in Leicester. Clearly, it worked. Chaucer didn't die when he was in Leicester, but he got married which is very much the same thing. Oddly, when he did die, he was working on one of his lesser known tales which was inspired by his time in Leicester, but unfortunately nothing of The Sadde Bastarde's Tale survives. Leicester also had one of the best football teams in the English Premier League - for at least a year. They won the title in 2016 in their second season in the top tier. The team got to the Champions League quarter finals but no further.
- Wikipedia Article About Leicester on Wikipedia Leicester cheese, often called Red Leicester, is an English cheese, made in a similar manner to cheddar cheese, but is crumblier; it is coloured orange by adding annatto extract during manufacture. The "red" in the name is a bit misleading, because there is no other well known Leicester cheese of another colour to so distinguish it by. The fairly mild flavour goes well with most food and wine or beer, and is good for Welsh rarebit and cheese on toast. This orangy-red, cow's-milk cheese resembles Cheddar but has a higher moisture content. Its crumbly texture makes slicing difficult but facilitates grating. The flavor is mellow with a tangy aftertaste. Leicester melts beautifully, which makes it perfect for dishes such as Welsh Rabbit. It's also good for snacks and makes a mild accompaniment for fruit.
- Leicester was a city in Great Britain. The planned V-1 motorway was due to connect it to London and a number of other occupied cities.
- Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest. In the 2011 census, the population of the Leicester unitary authority was 330,000, the highest in the region, whilst 509,000 people lived in the wider Leicester Urban Area, making Leicester the tenth largest city in the United Kingdom and England's eleventh largest urban area. It has the second largest urban area in the East Midlands region. Eurostat's Larger Urban Zone listed the population of Leicester LUZ at 806,100 people as of 2009. According to the 2011 census Leicester had the largest proportion of people aged 19-and-under in the East Midlands with 27 per cent.
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