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Is this where Chaucer tied the knot?

Why historians think the English Poet Geoffrey Chaucer may have got married in Leicester

The English poet and writer Geoffrey Chaucer may have got married in St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester, in around 1366.

The church itself is steeped in history as Ben Jackson found out.

Reporter: Ben Jackson
Producer: Andrew Fewster

Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto

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