It was a capital of the Corieltavi people who controlled the surrounding territory and much of the East Midlands.

Roman name for leicester. The placename is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles of 942 as Ligora Ceaster and in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ledecestre the derivation being from the Old English pre 7th Century tribal name Ligore. Probably less to do with road-building techniques than with the suggestion that the Way followed a one-time defensive ditch running along the western border of Roman-controlled England. Leicester Middle English earlier Ligraceaster Ligera ceaster early 10c Roman Town of the People Called Ligore a tribal name perhaps dwellers by the River Ligor For second element see Chester.

Their name lives on in the street name. The town steadily grew throughout the reign of the Romans. Wedding clothing ladies trousers skirts dresses blouses knitwear coats jackets to suit any occasion.

Ratae is a Celtic word meaning ramparts the. Cascolus ravitis was derived from castrum stronghold and colus dwelling in alluding to the Old English source for the surname Attenborough and from a combination of Ratae - the Roman name for Leicester - vita life and commeatis messenger. Roman Leicester Ratae Corieltavorum is one of the most excavated urban centres in Britain and archaeological evidence shows us that it was a vibrant multicultural centre from its earliest.

The A46 a roaring dual carriageway used by thousands of drivers every day in the East Midlands was once the edge of the Roman. The wall is over 30 feet high and the foundation walls of the bathhouse can be seen at the foot of the wall. In the Middle Ages a few people in Leicester had private wells but most took their water from public wells.

In Roman times Leicester was known as Ratae Corieltavorum. You can almost lay a ruler along the diagonal that the Fosse Way describes and although its course now sometimes dwindles you can. Franciscan friars were called grey friars because of the color of their costumes.

Ratae comes from the Celtic word ratas for the ramparts that we think protected the pre-Roman settlement. Cank Street is named after the Cank a well which once existed there. The curse is a remarkable discovery and at a stroke dramatically increases the number of personal names known from Roman Leicester.