Saturday 1 November 2025 at 4.16pm

CBA East Midlands: Leicester Cathedral Revealed

Uncovering 2000 years of history beneath the Cathedral Gardens

Sat 1 Nov 2025 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Sir Bob Burgess Building, University of Leicester, Welford Road, Leicester, LE2 6BF

This day of talks will reveal what archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services have uncovered about Leicester Cathedral and the Roman city beneath it during three years of excavations in Cathedral Gardens. Booking is essential (£20 general, £12.50 student), and can be done via this link.

Schedule:

10:00 Registration; tea, coffee and biscuits

10:30 Welcome

10:35- Leicester Cathedral Revealed: a transformational project

10:55 Simon Bentley, Leicester Cathedral

11:00- Leicester Cathedral Revealed: uncovering a slice of Leicester’s life

11:40 John Thomas and Alice Forward, ULAS

11:50- What’s in a name? Combining archaeological evidence with historical records to

12:10 identify an individual – Amber Furmage, ULAS

12:15 Lunch

13:25- Engaged? Creating an archaeobotanical display within the Leicester Cathedral

13:55 loos – Rachel Small, ULAS and Francesca Pellegrino, Leicester Cathedral

14:00- The animal bones from the Cathedral

14:15 Will Johnson-Moss, ULAS

14:20- Health, diet, and death: stories from medieval Leicester (pre-recorded)

14:50 Malin Holst, York Osteoarchaeology

14:50 Tea and coffee

15:20- Revealing the lives of Leicester's inhabitants: early insights from

15:40 osteoarchaeology – Sarah Inskip, University of Leicester

15:45- Laid to rest – burial practices in medieval and post-medieval Leicester

16:25 Mathew Morris, ULAS

16:30 Close