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St Aelhaiarn (also spelled Aelhaearn) was a 6th century saint, and as with many of the early Welsh saints, he was a member of the aristocracy, the son of one of the Welsh princes.

St Mary's is set in a part of Leicester where the city's medieval past can still be imagined: here are the castle mound and the castle walls, approached from the south via a castle gateway.

Situated in Leicester's Victorian New Walk area.

Resting place of King Richard III.

The church is the early 12th century and the subterranean charnel chapel houses one of only two remaining in situ medieval ossuaries (collections of human bones) in England.

Grade II listed Baptist church building erected in the 1830s Georgian period, hosting a large tracker action organ and the William Carey museum.

St Mary's has a timeless sense of place and simple piety and welcomes and opens its doors to all who visit and, overlooking the River Great Ouse, it is a beautiful spot for any visitor with its churchyard a wildlife haven of biodiversity.

St Peter’s is a large, Grade II Victorian church built between 1872 and 1879 to the design of George Edmund Street.

The church stands on open lawns in the centre of the village facing the famous Castle.

St Mary's is best know for its Copleston rectors, an ancient, formidable and prosperous clerical dynasty who served continuously as rectors of the parish from 1772 to 1954.