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
Sport in Leicester Success in the year (1996) when Leicester City won the Coca-Cola Cup, Leicester Tigers won the Pilkington Cup, and Leicestershire won the County Championship. Leicester Tigers on Welford Road are one of the most successful Rugby Union teams in Europe, having won the European Cup twice, the first tier of English rugby ten times, and the Anglo-Welsh Cup eight times. Notable former players include England's Rugby World Cup winning captain Martin Johnson, Neil Back, Dean Richards and Austin Healey. Leicester City have also enjoyed a fair degree of success. In 2016, they became the sixth team to win the Premier