When Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, his body was unceremoniously buried at the church of Grey Friars Priory in Leicester. In August 2012 a team of archaeologists began excavating beneath a car park, believing it to be the location of the old church. After discovering a skeleton with battle wounds and a curved spine, the dig became front-page news across the world. Then, following DNA sampling, the last Plantagenet king of England was reburied at Leicester Cathedral on 26 March 2015.
The release of the 1921 census of) for more than a year, to begin with researchers could only access the material on a pay-per-view basis. However, access to the census was included in the website’s ‘Premium’ subscription tier, which costs £199.99 for new subscribers, when it launched in autumn 2022. The public computers at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland () in Wigston, and county libraries, have ‘Premium’ access to Findmypast, so family historians can view the 1921 census records for free when they visit in person.
