All Saints’ Church

On Saturday 20 August 1485 Richard entered Leicester at the north gate (now the point at which Highcross Street, Sanvey Gate and Northgate meet). Within a hundred yards he would have passed All Saints’ church. All the other surviving churches of medieval Leicester – those dedicated to St. Martin, St Margaret, St Mary and St Nicholas – stand in their churchyards. Only All Saints’ has the distinctly medieval feature of opening directly onto the pavement, as do most of the ancient churches of London, Norwich and York.