Timeline of Leicester

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Leicester, England.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Prior to 16th century

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16th–18th centuries

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. Blank, Elizabeth (1970). A Guide to Leicestershire Archaeology. Leicester Museums.
  2. 1 2 Johnson, Peter (1980). The Mosaics of Roman Leicester.
  3. 1 2 "Leicester's History Headlines". Around Leicester. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  4. George Henry Townsend (1867), "Leicester", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
  5. 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)
  6. 1 2 McKinley, R. A. (1958). "24 "The Ancient Borough – St Margaret's"". A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0712910446.
  7. 1 2 3 4 McKinley, R.A. (1958). "26 "The Ancient Borough – St Martin's"". A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0712910446.
  8. 1 2 McKinley, R. A. (1958). "6 "Political and administrative history, 1066-1509"". A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0712910446.
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  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McKinley, R. A. (1958). "42 "Parishes added since 1892 – North-west Leicester"". A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0712910446.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Leicester", Black's Guide to the Counties of Leicester & Rutland, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1884
  13. 1 2 3 McKinley, R.A. (1958). "22 "The Ancient Borough – The Newarke"". A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. pp. 328–335. ISBN 978-0712910446.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 James Thompson (1876). History of Leicester (Pocket ed.). F. Hewitt.
  15. Woodward, G.W.O. (1977). King Richard III. Pitkin. ISBN 0 85372 162 9.
  16. Williams, D.T. (1975). The Battle of Bosworth. Leicester University Press. ISBN 0 7185 1113 1.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 McKinley, R.A. (1958). "17 "Primary and Secondary Education"". A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0712910446.
  18. 1 2 Wilshere, Jonathan; Green, Susan (1972). The Siege of Leicester – 1645. Leicester Research Services.
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  21. Seccombe, Thomas. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  22. McKinley, R. A. (1958). "34 "Hospitals and Almshouses"". A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0712910446.
  23. "Leicester (England) Newspapers". Main Catalogue. British Library. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  24. 1 2 University Library, Special Collections. "A-Z of All Collections". University of Leicester. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Leicester", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
  26. McKinley, R.A. (1958). "10 "Parliamentary history, 1660-1835"". A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0712910446.
  27. Frederick Smeeton Williams (1888), The Midland Railway: its rise and progress (5th ed.), London: Bentley
  28. "History". Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society. University of Leicester. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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  30. McKinley, R.A. (1958). "12 "Parliamentary History since 1835"". A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0712910446.
  31. White, William (1846). History, Gazetteer and Directory of Leicestershire. Sheffield: William White.
  32. Leicester Postal Handbook. Leicester: Ward & Son. April 1869.
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  34. McKinley, R. A. (1958). "29 "The Ancient Borough – White Friars"". A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0712910446.
  35. 1 2 3 Robert Read (1881). Modern Leicester. London: Simpkin, Marshall.
  36. History of the Leicester Co-operative Hosiery Manufacturing Society, 1898
  37. Bicycling Times 1 (1), 24 May 1877
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  39. William Kelly (1884). Royal Progresses and Visits to Leicester. S. Clarke.
  40. "Photographic Societies of the British Isles and Colonies", International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, 1891
  41. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1984 with corrections 1992). Buildings of Leicestershire and Rutland. London: Penguin. p. 228. ISBN 014 071018 3. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  42. McKinley, R. A. (1958). A History of the County of Leicester Volume 4: The City of Leicester, Chapter 15 "Footwear Manufacture". ISBN 978-0712910446.
  43. McKinley, R. A. (1958). A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0712910446.
  44. McKinley, R. A. (1958). A History of the County of Leicester. 4: The City of Leicester. ISBN 978-0712910446.
  45. "British Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  46. "Leicester City win Premier League title after Tottenham draw at Chelsea". BBC Sport. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

1800s–1840s

1850s–1890s

Published in the 20th century

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