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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Leicester , city (1991 pop. 324,394) and district, Leicestershire, central England. The city is connected by canals with the Trent River and London, and it is also a railway center. Leicester was of industrial importance as early as the 14th cent.; the making of hosiery, knitwear, and shoes are long-established industries. Other manufactures are chemicals, aniline dyes, textiles, textile and woodworking machinery, and light-metal products. The University College, now the Univ. of Leicester, was founded in 1918 and chartered as a university in 1957. DeMontfort Univ. was established in 1992. Immigration... Read more

Leicester
Leicester (Roman) was the Romano-British civitas -capital of Ratae...north of the baths was a macellum or covered market. Leicester does not appear to have had the later 2nd-cent. earthwork...Simon Esmonde Cleary post-Roman Next a Mercian town, Leicester became one of the Danish five boroughs until ... Read more

Leicester, Robert Dudley, 1st earl of
Leicester, Robert Dudley, 1st earl of ( c. 1532–88). Son...general of the English forces in the Netherlands in 1585. Leicester was a controversial figure. He was involved in his father...certainly produced in 1566–7 a rather damning list of Leicester's qualities (or lack of them), questioning ... Read more

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	Stimpson steps up to save Leicester ; Leicester 12 Llanelli 9 LEICESTER by a whisker. This was a tremendous encounter, niggly, close and courageous, and a thoroughly jittery start to Leicester's campaign to defend the Heineken Cup. They were never imperious... Read more
	Leicester edge cup win in final thriller ; Leicester 34 Stade Francais 30 LEICESTER won the Heineken Cup final this afternoon, beating Stade Francais...minutes as fly-half Diego Dominguez struck a 40-metre penalty. Leicester drew level almost from the restart though, Irish referee David... Read more
	CLASSIC HEALEY DRIVES TIGERS; Munster munched by gritty Leicester in historic Euro success LEICESTER TIGERS 15 MUNSTER 9.(Rugby Union) ; LEICESTER were crowned kings of Europe for a second successive...However, there was controversy in the dying seconds when Leicester full-back Neil Back secured scrum ball from a Munster...all Munster's points through a penalty hat-trick, yet Leicester possessed that decisive creative spark, which Murphy... Read more
	RUGBY UNION HEINEKEN CUP: Leicester get lucky thanks to Stimpson ; LEICESTER 30 STADE FRANCAIS 25 LEICESTER needed this one. Badly. Another reverse like the one they suffered...of the match remaining but it was an incredibly close shave. Leicester were lucky. There is no other word to describe their victory... Read more
	Rugby Union: Tigers tamed by the thin blue line HEINEKEN CUP. Ashton's men hold out under siege as Leicester rue decision to cash in on home advantage ; Leicester 12 Bath 15 Half-time: 9-9 Attendance: 32,500 Seldom in...struggle that served as a metaphor for English rugby, Leicester sailed straight into an iceberg called Bath and sank...this rate the Tigers will be an endangered species. How Leicester will get over this goodness only knows but in their ... Read more
	Rugby Union: Leicester home fires burning ; LEICESTER 41 LONDON IRISH 16 THIS was an emphatic victory for Leicester, and a significant boost to their chances of retaining...title. Once more the Welford Road factor proved crucial. Leicester are now closing in on Bath's all-time unbeaten home league... Read more
	Leicester in turmoil ; Leicester 18 Gloucester 28 Their concern was obvious. As this match ticked down to a close, all 14 of the Leicester bench and back-up staff were on their feet hoping their...a trophy hanging on it, doubly so. But that is where Leicester are these days. Not quite down among the dead men, but... Read more
	Dominant Saints too powerful for Tigers; Northampton 46 Leicester Tigers 24.(Rugby Union) ; PREMIERSHIP champions Leicester suffered a crushing opening game defeat...Saints, who finished runners-up to Leicester last term, scored six tries to give...18-strong contingent - but it was Leicester who suffered far more pain, with their... Read more
	Sport: Rugby Union: Leicester made to dig deep by Wasps ; Wasps 22 Leicester 24 NEW SEASON, old result, but a game in which Leicester were forced to call on all their championship qualities...then the journey promises to be very rewarding. Leicester won the contest in the fourth minute of injury time... Read more
	Leicester hit former heights ; Wasps 17 Leicester 48 THE FORMER champions of Europe destroyed...they were stuffed by a magnificent Leicester side. Please do not let Wasps finish...deeper, if that is possible. Meanwhile Leicester have a home wild-card semi-final against... Read more

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