A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom, containing every city, town, village, hamlet, parish, district, object and place in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the small islands dependent . Soar; containing 6085houses and 30,125 inhabitants, viz. 14,562males and 15,563 females, of whom 5723families are employed in trade and manu-factures. This*town is fabulously said tohave been built by king Lear; it is how-ever of great antiquity, and at the time ofthe Roman invasion, was a place of strengthbelonging to the Brit us, and the capitalof the Corifani. It afterwards became aRoman stat
A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom, containing every city, town, village, hamlet, parish, district, object and place in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the small islands dependent . Soar; containing 6085houses and 30,125 inhabitants, viz. 14,562males and 15,563 females, of whom 5723families are employed in trade and manu-factures. This*town is fabulously said tohave been built by king Lear; it is how-ever of great antiquity, and at the time ofthe Roman invasion, was a place of strengthbelonging to the Brit us, and the capitalof the Corifani. It afterwards became aRoman station, and is the Rata of Antoni-nus. It stands on the Foss-way, and greatnumbers of Roman coins and other antiqui-ties have been found here. In Doomsday-book this town is styled a city, and is saidto have been very populous. Before thecastle was dismantled it was a. prodigiousbuilding, and was the court of the greatduke of Lancaster Its hall and kitchen arestill entire, the former of which is lofty andspacious, and the courts of justice, whichare held in it at the assizes, are so fardistant as not to disturb each parliament was held here in the reignof Henry V. in which a law was enacted. LEf ENGLAND AND WALES. LEI lor the burning of heretics. Leicester con-tains six parishes, but only five churches;the parish of St. Leonard not having achurch. St. Marys adjoins the castle, andwas rebuilt, after having been destroyed inthe time of the conqueror. St. Martins isesteemed the principal church in the coun-ty. The bishop of the diocese and thejudges occasionally attend divine service atthis church. St. Nicholas church is sup-posed to be the oldest in Leicester ; it for-merly consisted of three aisles. All-Saintsis a good structure, having three aislesand a chancel. St. Margarets is a neatbuilding, in the tower of which is a pealof 10 bells. St. Leonards church wastaken down when Leicester was garrisoned,in 1642, because its situation commandedthe north bridge. In this parish f
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