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Specialty Expressions: Leicester Square

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Leicester SquareLiterature1: "The Earl of Leicester, father of Algernon Sidney the patriot... built for himself a stately house at the north-east corner of a square plot of `Lammas Land.' belonging to the parish of St. Martin's which plot henceforth became known to Londoners as Leicester Fields. A square gradually grew up on the spot, and was completed in 1671."- Cassell's Magazine, London Legends, x
2: (London). So called from a family mansion of the Sydneys, Earls of Leicester, which stood on the north-east side. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Topics by Level of Interest: Leicester Square

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Leicester Square21   1 Leicester Square14
Empire, Leicester Square15   Empire, Leicester Square15
1 Leicester Square14   Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square3
The Venue Leicester Square13   Leicester Square21
Leicester Square tube station12   Leicester Square tube station12
Odeon Leicester Square7   Odeon Leicester Square7
Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square3   The Venue Leicester Square13

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).