| In 1809 we find him established as a lace-manufacturer at Loughborough, in Leicestershire. |
| Centuries to Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn kept Leicestershire on the hop as Australia amassed 7 for 582, scoring 413 runs in the day. |
| In 1996, the Blue Box mobile theatre made its final journey to Leicestershire to become the centrepiece of an exhibition of touring and travelling theatre. |
| They are in second place, only 11 points adrift of Surrey, but fourth-placed Leicestershire could also come into the reckoning if they defeat Yorkshire. |
| Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and to a lesser extent East Anglia, are full of place-names ending in by, thorp, and other Scandinavian elements. |
| Around three million Melton Mowbray pies, which contain pork rather than cured meat, are made in the Leicestershire borough every year. |
