All Saints Church, Leicester

All Saints Church, Leicester, is a redundant Anglican church in High Cross Street, Leicester. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Although it is situated away from the present city centre, at the time the church was built it was at the heart of the city.

In the Domesday Book it is recorded that Leicester had six churches, and it is assumed that All Saints was one of these. In 1143 it was given to Leicester Abbey. The church was enlarged in about 1300 when aisles were added. During the following century the tower and the nave were raised and new aisle roofs were built. In 1583, during outbreaks of the plague, the assizes were held in the church. Later the local population and businesses in the city moved elsewhere in the city, and All Saints parish combined with other local parishes.