how old is leicester cathedral?

Old enough to know better.  And why it is

wasn't afterward replicated exactly far

and wide in an empire where the sun never set.  To go there you needed an edifice build

that floats.

Leicester Cathedral is at the physical heart of the Leicester, situated in Leicester’s Old Town. The Cathedral famously houses King Richard III’s tomb.

The church was built on the site of Roman ruins and is dedicated to St Martin of Tours, a 4th century Roman officer who became a Bishop. It is almost certainly one of six churches referred to in the Domesday Book (1086) and portions of the current building can be traced to a 12th century Norman church which was rebuilt in the 13th and 15th centuries. In the Middle Ages, its site next to Leicester’s Guild Hall, ensured that St Martin’s became Leicester’s Civic Church with strong ties to the merchants and guilds of the town.

The building you see today is predominantly Victorian. The tower and 220 foot spire were designed by the architect Raphael Brandon and were rebuilt in the 1860s.

In 1927 St Martin’s was dedicated as Leicester’s Cathedral when the diocese was re-created, over 1,000 years after the last Saxon Bishop of Leicester fled from the invading Danes.

Today over one hundred thousand people visit Leicester Cathedral every year, primarily to see the tomb of King Richard III, the last English monarch to die in battle.

it is very old my friend

The story of Leicester Cathedral has its beginnings in AD 680, when Cuthwine was named the first Bishop of Leicester. Around 870 the invading Danes invaded the Midlands and the last Saxon Bishop of Leicester fled their advance. It has been a place of worship for at least 900 years, but has been a cathedral only since 1927. The cathedral began as a simple parish church dedicated to St Martin and my great grandparents married there along with several of my great aunts and uncles

The first record of St Martin's church comes in the Domesday Book of AD 1086, when it was one of six churches in Leicester. When Leicester Abbey was founded in the early 12th century all the churches of Leicester were given to the Abbey, and the monks appointed the vicar of St Martins.The church was rebuilt and enlarged in the 13th century, and again in the 15th century when the nave and aisles were extended. During the medieval period, St Martin's became the civic church, used by the city guilds that administered civic business from the timber-framed Guildhall immediately beside the west end of the church.

Some parts are very old, others are a Victorian confection by Raphael Brandon. 

Dates anywhere between 1086 and 1867 depending which part you are looking at.

It was built in 1886, don't believe Milk Tray Man, he is a known troll.

It started being built in 1086 but parts were added up untill the late 1800's. Anyone can google it and see I'm right, ignore that known troll calling me a troll.