Leicester Cathedral older Saxon church was replaced by a Norman one. The present building dates to about that age, with the addition of a spire and various restorations throughout the years. Most of what can be seen today is a Victorian restoration by architect Raphael Brandon. The cathedral of the former Anglo-Saxon diocese of Leicester was on a different site. A cenotaph memorial stone to Richard III was until recently located in the chancel; it was replaced by the tomb of the king himself. The monarch, killed in 1485 at the Leicestershire battlefield of Bosworth Field, had been roughly interred in the
Methodist Churches in Leicester Methodist Churches in Leicester Throughout the City's long history there have been a number of places of worship in Leicester of various denominations. As part of the documenting of these numerous denominations the following is a list of all Methodist churches, both open and closed : A Brief History of Free Churches in Leicestershire & Rutland, Rev A A Betteridge In the Heart of the City: 150th anniversary of Bishop Street Methodist Chapel 1815-1965, Barry J Biggs, 1965 Souvenir of the Centenary of Primitive Methodism in Leicester, John Whittle and William S Leach, 1918 Methodism in Leicester 1851-1944: The Bishop