• Low walls laid out on the general plan of Leicester Abbey, which was established during excavations in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • The abbey site was eventually purchased by the Leicester Town Council and transformed into a public park known as Abbey Park.
  • Lovely huge gardens linked by a new pack horse bridge. You can walk either to the canal or the river. As for Leicester Abbey, only ruins remain.
  • The abbey was also granted all of the other churches in Leicester, together with a number in Leicestershire and further afield.
  • Lovely huge gardens linked by a new pack horse bridge. You can walk either to the canal or the river. As for Leicester Abbey, only ruins remain.
  • The remains of Leicester Abbey are to be found in Abbey Park, a large area of green space towards the north of the city.
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  • Leicester Abbey was founded in 1138-9 as an abbey of Augustinian canons by Robert ‘le Bossu’ , the second Earl of Leicester.
  • Accused of treason, he narrowly avoided Henry VIII’s ‘justice’ on the scaffold and instead died of natural causes at Leicester Abbey on 29 November 1530.
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  • [An image showing Leicester Abbey] Leicester Abbey was an important and prosperous religious foundation near the ancient town of Leicester.
  • Leicester, Leicestershire, England. ... The abbey was torn down during the Reformation, and stones were used in the construction of Cavendish House next door.
  • Leicester Abbey was an Augustinian monastery, known as the Abbey of Saint Mary de Pratis, located in Abbey Park, Leicester.
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