Place:Greyfriars, Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Watchers
Larger map


NameGreyfriars
TypeCemetery
Coordinates52.634007°N 1.136431°W
Located inLeicester, Leicestershire, England


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Greyfriars, Leicester, was a friary of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans, established on the west side of Leicester by 1250, and dissolved in 1538.[1] Following dissolution the friary was demolished and the site levelled, subdivided, and developed over the following centuries. The locality has retained the name Greyfriars particularly in the streets named "Grey Friars", and the older "Friar Lane".

The friary is best known as the burial place of King Richard III who was hastily buried in the friary church following his death at the Battle of Bosworth. An archaeological dig in 2012/13 successfully identified the site of the Greyfriars church and the location of Richard's burial. The grave site was incorporated into the 'Dynasty, Death and Discovery' museum which opened in 2014. In December 2017 Historic England scheduled the site.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Greyfriars, Leicester. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Greyfriars%2C_Leicester%2C_Leicestershire%2C_England"