Leicester (disambiguation)

Leicester is a city in central England.

Leicester may also refer to:

United States

• Leicester, Massachusetts
• Leicester, New York, a town
  • Leicester (village), New York, part of the town
• Leicester, North Carolina
• Leicester, Vermont, a community
• Leicester Township, Clay County, Nebraska

England

• Leicester, a city in the Midlands
  • HM Prison Leicester, opened 1828
  • Leicester railway station, opened 1840
• Leicester (European Parliament constituency), 1979–1999
• County of Leicester, Leicestershire formally until 1969
  • Leicester (UK Parliament constituency), 1295–1918
  • Leicester Forest East, a village
• Leicester Square, London (opened 1670)

Elsewhere

• Leicester, Alberta, Canada
• Leicester (islet), Cook Islands
• Leicester, Sierra Leone

Education

• Leicester Academy, Massachusetts, United States (1784–1921)
• Leicester College, England (founded 1999)
• University of Leicester, England (founded 1921)

Surname

• George Leicester (disambiguation)
• Henry M. Leicester (1906–1991), American biochemist and historian of chemistry
• Robert Leicester (disambiguation)

Given name

• Leicester Devereux, 6th Viscount Hereford (1617–1676), British peer
• Leicester Devereux, 7th Viscount Hereford (1674–1683), British peer
• Leicester Hemingway (1915–1982), American writer
• Leicester Martin (c.1662–1732), British politician
• Leicester Smyth (1829–1891), British Army officer and Governor of Gibraltar

Titles

• Earl of Leicester, a peerage of the United Kingdom
• Leicester baronets, including a list of people who have held the title

Sport

• Leicester Tigers, an English rugby union team

Other uses

• Leicester cheese
• Leicester, a breed of sheep also known as Leicester Longwool
• SS Leicester (1891), a passenger and cargo vessel

See also

• All pages with titles containing Leicester
• Leicester House (disambiguation)
• Leinster (disambiguation)
• Leister (disambiguation)
• Lester (disambiguation)
• Leycester (disambiguation)

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