Talk:Leicester Square

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counterintuitive, a quirk of British English...

Counterintuitive? Quirk? Excuse us. According to whom? Tourists from the Americas? The pronunciation is eminently consistent and logical.

Leicester Square is undergoing a major redesign that has been planned for the upcoming Olympic Games. As of today, the Square is nothing more than a building yard, and a tall fence (which has "Getting ready for 2012" written on it) forbids public access. According to the sign there, the Square will be under construction until March 30th 2012. I think this info has to be put somewhere in the article. --188.39.25.248 (talk) 22:12, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently there was a plan to build an opera house there at one point:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/leicester-square-london-with-the-design-for-a-proposed-new50836

©Geni 04:27, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting to see the statue of George I. Lozleader (talk) 10:19, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here we are: "A Royal Opera House in Leicester Square (1790)". Cambridge Opera Journal. 2 (1). Cambridge University Press: 1–28. March 1990. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) I don't have access to JSTOR any more :-( but the first page is visible to all. Lozleader (talk) 10:27, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article say: "Leicester House was briefly the residence of Frederick, Prince of Wales from 1742 until his death the following year." But Frederick did not die "the following year" (1743), he died in 1751?--Aciram (talk) 13:00, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Aciram: Got it. The source (Survey of London, vol. 33-34, pages 441-472) says "Some time before June of that year he [sixth Earl of Leicester] agreed to let the house to George II's eldest son, Frederick, Prince of Wales, (fn. 86) but he died in July 1743", so he must refer to Jocelyn Sidney, 7th Earl of Leicester, not the prince. Should be fixed now. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:26, 27 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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