A History of the County of Leicester: Volume 4, the City of Leicester

Thematic and topographical accounts of the city of Leicester, as well as histories of parishes added to the city since 1892.

Victoria County History - Leicestershire.

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A History of the County of Leicester: Volume 4, the City of Leicester, ed. R A McKinley (London, 1958), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol4 [accessed 30 April 2025].

A History of the County of Leicester: Volume 4, the City of Leicester. Edited by R A McKinley (London, 1958), British History Online, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol4.

A History of the County of Leicester: Volume 4, the City of Leicester. Ed. R A McKinley (London, 1958), British History Online. Web. 30 April 2025. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol4.

Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
List of maps and plans xiii
Editorial note xv
Leicestershire VCH committee xvii
Documents used xix
List of abbreviations xx
The City of Leicester: Political and administrative history, 1066-1509 1-30
The City of Leicester: Social and economic history, 1066-1509 31-54
The City of Leicester: Political and administrative history, 1509-1660 55-75
The City of Leicester: Social and economic history, 1506-1660 76-109
The City of Leicester: Parliamentary history, 1660-1835 110-152
The City of Leicester: Social and administrative history, 1660-1835 153-200
The City of Leicester: Parliamentary history since 1835 201-250
The City of Leicester: Social and administrative history since 1835 251-302
The City of Leicester: Hosiery manufacture 303-314
The City of Leicester: Footwear manufacture 314-326
The City of Leicester: Elastic Web manufacture 326-327
The City of Leicester: Primary and secondary education 328-335
The City of Leicester: Schedule of schools 335-337
The ancient borough: All Saints' 338-343
The ancient borough: Black Friars 343-344
The ancient borough: Castle View 344-345
The ancient borough: The Newarke 346-347
The ancient borough: St. Leonard's 348-350
The ancient borough: St. Margaret's 350-361
The ancient borough: St. Martin's 361-369
The ancient borough: St. Mary's 369-380
The ancient borough: Bromkinsthorpe 380-383
The ancient borough: St. Nicholas's 383-387
The ancient borough: White Friars 387-388
The ancient borough: Lost churches 388-389
The ancient borough: Roman Catholicism 389-390
The ancient borough: Protestant Nonconformity 390-394
The ancient borough: Mills 395-398
The ancient borough: Hospitals and almshouses 398-410
The ancient borough: Municipal charities 410-414
Parishes added since 1892: Aylestone 415-420
Parishes added since 1892: Belgrave 420-428
Parishes added since 1892: Braunstone 428-433
Parishes added since 1892: Evington 434-438
Parishes added since 1892: Humberstone 439-443
Parishes added since 1892: Knighton 443-446
Parishes added since 1892: North-west Leicester 447-456
Seals, insignia and offices of the City 457-458
General Index 459-472
Leicester Index 473-483
Corrigenda to volumes I - III 484