Siege Of Leicester Talk By Jim Butler

Event Description

Local historian Jim Butler gives an exciting free talk on the Siege of Leicester.

In May 1645, Leicester witnessed the bloodiest 48 hours in its long history as 11,000 of King Charles I’s Royalist soldiers laid siege to the town and its less than 2,000 defenders. Join local historian Jim Butler and discover the incredible story of the Civil War Siege of Leicester and how the gruesome events of those 2 days altered both the town and British History forever.

Talk times, drop-in no booking needed:

12:30- 13:30

14:30 -15:30

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