Leicestershire A-Z

Name these places, people, and things from A-Z that are associated with the English county of Leicestershire.

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	Hint	Answer
A	Village south of Leicester home to a May Fayre and a windmill	Arnesby
B	Gothic revival castle near the Lincolnshire border	Belvoir Castle
C	Town named after the industry that created it	Coalville
D	University named for a Norman earl	De Montfort University
E	International airport	East Midlands Airport
F	Mascot of Leicester City F.C.; is depicted on the county's flag	Fox
G	Area of Leicester home to the largest Diwali celebration outside India	Golden Mile
H	Town on the Northamptonshire border	Market Harborough
I	Novelty sport invented by Phil Shaw in 1997	Extreme ironing
J	Surviving Roman wall in Leicester	Jewry Wall
K	Moat-surrounded ruined castle near Leicester	Kirby Muxloe Castle
L	Second-largest settlement	Loughborough
M	Sixth-largest settlement; in the east of the county	Melton Mowbray
N	Length of time the queen born at Bradgate House reigned for	Nine days
O	Stilted landmark in H	Old Grammar School
P	Food that M is famous for	Pork pies
Q	Village near L; the namesake of a vegetarian food brand	Quorn
R	Person whose body was found beneath a Leicester car park	Richard III
S	River that crosses the county; tributary of the Trent	Soar
T	Renouned bell-makers of L	John Taylor & Co
U	Ruined priory between Leicester and C	Ulverscroft Priory
V	Leicester park home to the Arch of Remembrance	Victoria Park
W	Crisp company founded in Leicester	Walkers
X	Sam Bailey won this competition TV show in 2013	The X Factor
Y	Oldest theatre in Leicester	Y Theatre
Z	Town in the northwest	Ashby-de-la-Zouch

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