15 Best Things to Do in Leicester (MA)

Washburn Square–Leicester Common Historic District

Just west of Worcester, Leicester is a town at the northern end of the Blackstone Valley, with a compelling industrial history. From the early days of the American Industrial Revolution, Leicester was a center for the production of cards, which were tools for disentangling cotton fibers before being spun into thread. At the turn of the …

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15 Best Things to Do in Leicester (Leicestershire, England)

Leicester Guildhall

The largest city in the East Midlands made international news in 2012 when the body of King Richard III was discovered under a car park. Richard had been slain in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field, a few miles west, and was buried hastily at an abbey, has long since been defunct. In 2015 …

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