• Leicester Abbey was built in 1143. ... Henry VIII closed Leicester Abbey, the friaries, and the hospitals of St Leonard and St John.
  • Leicester Abbey was an Augustinian monastery, known as the Abbey of Saint Mary de Pratis, located in Abbey Park, Leicester.
  • The navicula gives us a sense of Leicester Abbey's wealth and prominence in its heyday.
  • Westminster Abbey is one of the most famous religious buildings in the world, and it has served an important role in British political, social and cultural affairs for...
  • The excavated remains of Leicester Abbey, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and of ruined Cavendish House now stand in the Victorian landscape of Abbey...
  • Cardinal Wolsey has been hanging around Leicester Abbey a lot longer than he ever intended to.
  • Leicester Abbey (demolished around 1538) lay just to the north-east of medieval Leicester in a spot next to the River Soar.
  • Все знают немного фактов о прекрасной Англии, но вдаваясь в мельчайшие детали, в восторг придет каждый, кто выберет путешествие в Лестер.
  • Discover the last residence of the kings of France and its unique collection of 70 sculpted tombs.
  • The abbey, together with its monumental entrance, the famous 'Torhall', are rare architectural vestiges of the Carolingian era.