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Feel it – Feel the Difference Telling you something about Leicester and Leicestershire.

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1 Feel it – Feel the Difference Telling you something about Leicester and Leicestershire

2 Leicester city and the county of Leicestershire is in the East Midlands, which is in the middle of England

3 Leicester city centre

4 Roman Jewry Wall Roman Baths area with the gymnasium beyond Leicester was then known as Ratae

5 Rupert’s Gateway 14thC Medieval gateway near Leicester Castle

6 The Medieval Guildhall

7 Leicester Prison The last public execution took place outside these gates in 1883. The guilty man was known as “Peppermint Joe”

8 The Space Centre Leicester University has a reputation for space research programmes

9 A Multicultural City rich with Colour and Culture

10 King Richard III Died 22 August 1485 Skeleton found August 2012

11 King Richard & Battle of Bosworth in 1485 King Richard III was king for only 2 years (1483- 1485) and was the last English king to die in battle. This was at Bosworth Field, only a few miles from the village of Market Bosworth where one of our schools, the Dixie, is located. Richard’s dead body was carried across the back of a horse to Leicester, where it was displayed for 2 days before being buried in the church of the Grey Friars. The grave was ‘lost’ for 512 years until found in August 2012, and his skeleton exhumed.

12 Curve Theatre Presenting repertory and touring productions

13 Market Bosworth

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