The square was originally a gentrified residential area, with notable tenants including Frederick, Prince of Wales and artists William Hogarth and Joshua Reynolds. It became more down-market in the late 18th century as Leicester House was demolished and retail developments took place, becoming a centre for entertainment. Several major theatres were established in the 19th century, which were converted to cinemas towards the middle of the next. Leicester Square holds a number of nationally important cinemas such as the Odeon Leicester Square, Empire, Leicester Square and Odeon West End, which are frequently used for film premières, The nearby Prince Charles Cinema is popular for showing cult films and marathon film runs. The square remains a popular tourist attraction, including hosting events for the Chinese New Year.
In the 2011 census the population of the Leicester unitary authority was c.330,000 making it the most populous unitary authority in the East Midlands region. The associated urban area is also the 11th largest by population in England and the 13th largest in the United Kingdom.
"Unlike almost every other city in the UK, Leicester has retained a remarkable record of its past in buildings that still stand today".
Ancient Roman pavements and baths remain in Leicester from its early settlement as Ratae, a Roman military outpost in a region inhabited by the Celtic Corieltauvi tribe. Following the Roman withdrawal from Britain, the early medieval Ratae is shrouded in obscurity, but when the settlement was captured by the Danes it became one of five fortified towns important to the Danelaw and it appeared in the Domesday Book as "Ledecestre". Leicester continued to grow throughout the Early Modern period as a market town, although it was the Industrial Revolution that facilitated a process of rapid unplanned urbanisation in the area.
HM Prison Leicester is a local men's prison, located in the Southfields area of Leicester, Leicestershire, England. The term 'local' means that the prison holds people on remand to the local courts, as well as sentenced prisoners. Leicester Prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and is situated immediately north of Nelson Mandela Park (formerly Welford Road Recreation Ground), a sign in which quotes Nelson Mandela: "There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere".
History
The prison was designed by Leicester county surveyor William Parsons to resemble a castle and cost £20,000. The oldest part dates from 1825, and it was opened in 1828. The gatehouse including the adjoining building to north and south and the perimeter wall are grade II listed.
Between 1900 and 1953, eight executions took place at the prison. The last was that of John Reynolds, convicted of murder at Leicester Assizes, and hanged on November 17, 1953.
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station (Leicester, New York)
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station, built during the years 1907-1908 at a cost of $ 601,780.96 in the Neo-Classical Revival style by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company, is one of the most impressive buildings in Scranton. The architects of the station were Kenneth Murchison of New York and Edward Langley of Scranton, while the designer was Lincoln Bush, chief engineer of the railroad company. The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad was one of the most important railroads in the northeast region of Pennsylvania. Its beginnings date back to 1832 and the Ligget's Gap Railroad, later the Lackawanna & Western, and the Delaware & Cobb's Gap Railroad. These two lines merged in 1853 to form the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, while the Erie-Lackawanna was not formed until 1960 from the merger of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western with the Erie. Anthracite coal was a major factor in the growth of the railroad, and by 1925 the company owned or controlled through lease nearly all coal underlying West Scranton and had also acquired large areas in other parts of the county as well as in Luzerne County. The profits from the mining and transportation of coal enabled the company to construct such an impressive station as the one at Scranton.
REVEALED: Leicester City's New World-Class Training Ground
An exciting new chapter in the history of Leicester City begins this week, as the Football Club prepares to relocate to its brand-new training complex in north Leicestershire.
published: 22 Dec 2020
Leicester City FC Choose Dennis G860 Mower
Leicester City head groundsman John Ledwidge has recently chosen to purchase a collection of new Dennis G860 mowers for the King Power Stadium and training ground.
Find out why in this exclusive video.
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Full Route Visual | Arriva Leicester X84 - Leicester to Rugby | 4014 (UUI 2906)
This next re-upload, as you know now is my absolute favourite route when they haven't silly Optare Solos and Streetlites on it.
This is the X84 which runs from Leicester St. Margaret's Bus Station all the way out to Rugby Clifton Road via Leicester Royal Infirmary, West End, Rowley Fields, Braunstone, Fosse Park, Enderby, Narborough, Huncote, Croft, Broughton Astley, Frolesworth, Leire, Ashby Parva, Bitteswell, Lutterworth, Magna Park, A5, M6 Junction 1, Brownsover and Elliotts Field Retail Park. An insane run out to Warwickshire, but Leicester Zone 2 and ZonePlus savers are still valid.
It's based at Wigston depot as Hinckley's now an outstation and runs every hour, despite taking a completely different, combining 30 minutes with the 84 between Leicester and Lutterworth. Double-decker ...
An exciting new chapter in the history of Leicester City begins this week, as the Football Club prepares to relocate to its brand-new training complex in north ...
An exciting new chapter in the history of Leicester City begins this week, as the Football Club prepares to relocate to its brand-new training complex in north Leicestershire.
An exciting new chapter in the history of Leicester City begins this week, as the Football Club prepares to relocate to its brand-new training complex in north Leicestershire.
Leicester City head groundsman John Ledwidge has recently chosen to purchase a collection of new Dennis G860 mowers for the King Power Stadium and training grou...
Leicester City head groundsman John Ledwidge has recently chosen to purchase a collection of new Dennis G860 mowers for the King Power Stadium and training ground.
Find out why in this exclusive video.
www.fusion-media.eu
www.dennisuk.com
Leicester City head groundsman John Ledwidge has recently chosen to purchase a collection of new Dennis G860 mowers for the King Power Stadium and training ground.
Find out why in this exclusive video.
www.fusion-media.eu
www.dennisuk.com
This next re-upload, as you know now is my absolute favourite route when they haven't silly Optare Solos and Streetlites on it.
This is the X84 which runs from...
This next re-upload, as you know now is my absolute favourite route when they haven't silly Optare Solos and Streetlites on it.
This is the X84 which runs from Leicester St. Margaret's Bus Station all the way out to Rugby Clifton Road via Leicester Royal Infirmary, West End, Rowley Fields, Braunstone, Fosse Park, Enderby, Narborough, Huncote, Croft, Broughton Astley, Frolesworth, Leire, Ashby Parva, Bitteswell, Lutterworth, Magna Park, A5, M6 Junction 1, Brownsover and Elliotts Field Retail Park. An insane run out to Warwickshire, but Leicester Zone 2 and ZonePlus savers are still valid.
It's based at Wigston depot as Hinckley's now an outstation and runs every hour, despite taking a completely different, combining 30 minutes with the 84 between Leicester and Lutterworth. Double-decker workings are usually Geminis, B7TL or B9TL. The other popular working is Optare Solos although a Streetlite and the Cadet can also appear and more recently, E200 MMCs have been appearing.
It was only introduced in April 2017 to replace the 50A to Croft and the X44, which went to Rugby but served Littlethorpe and Cosby instead of Huncote and Croft, and went straight there from Lutterworth, but some journeys only went as far as there, and it also bypassed the city stops via Southgates Underpass, which would have been cool to include. When I was doing the visuals, a double-decker was possible on the X55, but only the early morning run from Hinckley and the last run from Leicester.
Anyway, this route turned out better than the 127 because it has a brilliant mixture of country roads and dual-carriageways. It's just a pity that the Lowlanders never got to have a go on it.
Also, I forgot to point out in the intro card that the bus I got was originally registered FJ56 OBN. It was quite slow throughout most of Leicestershire, but then once in Warwickshire the driver decided to put his foot down.
Songs used:
1: Track: Daniel Rosty & Sash_S - See The Stars
Link: https://youtu.be/7wYu7pTBM5A
2: Valence - Infinite [NCS Release]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHoqD47gQG8
3: Song: Arensky - Come Back (Vlog No Copyright Music)
Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/-dJ7WfXAohw
4: Vidya Vidya - Safari Fruits [NCS Release]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbIjuqd4ENY
This next re-upload, as you know now is my absolute favourite route when they haven't silly Optare Solos and Streetlites on it.
This is the X84 which runs from Leicester St. Margaret's Bus Station all the way out to Rugby Clifton Road via Leicester Royal Infirmary, West End, Rowley Fields, Braunstone, Fosse Park, Enderby, Narborough, Huncote, Croft, Broughton Astley, Frolesworth, Leire, Ashby Parva, Bitteswell, Lutterworth, Magna Park, A5, M6 Junction 1, Brownsover and Elliotts Field Retail Park. An insane run out to Warwickshire, but Leicester Zone 2 and ZonePlus savers are still valid.
It's based at Wigston depot as Hinckley's now an outstation and runs every hour, despite taking a completely different, combining 30 minutes with the 84 between Leicester and Lutterworth. Double-decker workings are usually Geminis, B7TL or B9TL. The other popular working is Optare Solos although a Streetlite and the Cadet can also appear and more recently, E200 MMCs have been appearing.
It was only introduced in April 2017 to replace the 50A to Croft and the X44, which went to Rugby but served Littlethorpe and Cosby instead of Huncote and Croft, and went straight there from Lutterworth, but some journeys only went as far as there, and it also bypassed the city stops via Southgates Underpass, which would have been cool to include. When I was doing the visuals, a double-decker was possible on the X55, but only the early morning run from Hinckley and the last run from Leicester.
Anyway, this route turned out better than the 127 because it has a brilliant mixture of country roads and dual-carriageways. It's just a pity that the Lowlanders never got to have a go on it.
Also, I forgot to point out in the intro card that the bus I got was originally registered FJ56 OBN. It was quite slow throughout most of Leicestershire, but then once in Warwickshire the driver decided to put his foot down.
Songs used:
1: Track: Daniel Rosty & Sash_S - See The Stars
Link: https://youtu.be/7wYu7pTBM5A
2: Valence - Infinite [NCS Release]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHoqD47gQG8
3: Song: Arensky - Come Back (Vlog No Copyright Music)
Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/-dJ7WfXAohw
4: Vidya Vidya - Safari Fruits [NCS Release]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbIjuqd4ENY
An exciting new chapter in the history of Leicester City begins this week, as the Football Club prepares to relocate to its brand-new training complex in north Leicestershire.
Leicester City head groundsman John Ledwidge has recently chosen to purchase a collection of new Dennis G860 mowers for the King Power Stadium and training ground.
Find out why in this exclusive video.
www.fusion-media.eu
www.dennisuk.com
This next re-upload, as you know now is my absolute favourite route when they haven't silly Optare Solos and Streetlites on it.
This is the X84 which runs from Leicester St. Margaret's Bus Station all the way out to Rugby Clifton Road via Leicester Royal Infirmary, West End, Rowley Fields, Braunstone, Fosse Park, Enderby, Narborough, Huncote, Croft, Broughton Astley, Frolesworth, Leire, Ashby Parva, Bitteswell, Lutterworth, Magna Park, A5, M6 Junction 1, Brownsover and Elliotts Field Retail Park. An insane run out to Warwickshire, but Leicester Zone 2 and ZonePlus savers are still valid.
It's based at Wigston depot as Hinckley's now an outstation and runs every hour, despite taking a completely different, combining 30 minutes with the 84 between Leicester and Lutterworth. Double-decker workings are usually Geminis, B7TL or B9TL. The other popular working is Optare Solos although a Streetlite and the Cadet can also appear and more recently, E200 MMCs have been appearing.
It was only introduced in April 2017 to replace the 50A to Croft and the X44, which went to Rugby but served Littlethorpe and Cosby instead of Huncote and Croft, and went straight there from Lutterworth, but some journeys only went as far as there, and it also bypassed the city stops via Southgates Underpass, which would have been cool to include. When I was doing the visuals, a double-decker was possible on the X55, but only the early morning run from Hinckley and the last run from Leicester.
Anyway, this route turned out better than the 127 because it has a brilliant mixture of country roads and dual-carriageways. It's just a pity that the Lowlanders never got to have a go on it.
Also, I forgot to point out in the intro card that the bus I got was originally registered FJ56 OBN. It was quite slow throughout most of Leicestershire, but then once in Warwickshire the driver decided to put his foot down.
Songs used:
1: Track: Daniel Rosty & Sash_S - See The Stars
Link: https://youtu.be/7wYu7pTBM5A
2: Valence - Infinite [NCS Release]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHoqD47gQG8
3: Song: Arensky - Come Back (Vlog No Copyright Music)
Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/-dJ7WfXAohw
4: Vidya Vidya - Safari Fruits [NCS Release]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbIjuqd4ENY
The square was originally a gentrified residential area, with notable tenants including Frederick, Prince of Wales and artists William Hogarth and Joshua Reynolds. It became more down-market in the late 18th century as Leicester House was demolished and retail developments took place, becoming a centre for entertainment. Several major theatres were established in the 19th century, which were converted to cinemas towards the middle of the next. Leicester Square holds a number of nationally important cinemas such as the Odeon Leicester Square, Empire, Leicester Square and Odeon West End, which are frequently used for film premières, The nearby Prince Charles Cinema is popular for showing cult films and marathon film runs. The square remains a popular tourist attraction, including hosting events for the Chinese New Year.