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'''Leicester''' is a city and is the county town of [[Leicestershire]], [[England]] through which the River Soar flows.  
 
'''Leicester''' is a city and is the county town of [[Leicestershire]], [[England]] through which the River Soar flows.  
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Leicester as a settlement goes back to before christ, the earliest records of it being as the capital of the Celtic Corieltauvi tribe who ruled over what is now the East Midlands. The Corieltauvi submitted peacefully to [[Roman]] rule in the first century AD, and the settlement was fortified and became known as Ratae Corieltauvorum. It was settled by Saxons soon after Roman retreat from Britain, and later, briefly, captured by the [[Vikings]].
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Leicester as a settlement goes back to before Christ, the earliest records of it being as the capital of the Celtic Corieltauvi tribe who ruled over what is now the East Midlands. The Corieltauvi submitted peacefully to [[Roman]] rule in the first century AD, and the settlement was fortified and became known as Ratae Corieltauvorum. It was settled by Saxons soon after Roman retreat from Britain, and later, briefly, captured by the [[Vikings]].
    
The railway station was built in [[Victorian]] times and is a regional interchange.
 
The railway station was built in [[Victorian]] times and is a regional interchange.
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