Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth is a small market community and also civil church in western Leicestershire, England. At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 1,906, boosting to 2,097 at the 2011 census. In 1974, Market Bosworth Rural District merged with Hinckley Rural District to form the district of Hinckley and also Bosworth. Building operate at the old Livestock Market as well as various other sites has actually disclosed proof of settlement on capital given that the Bronze Age. Remains of a Roman rental property have been located on the east side of Barton Road. Bosworth as an Anglo-Saxon village dates from the 8th century. Prior To the Norman Conquest of 1066, there were 2 manors at Bosworth one belonging to an Anglo-Saxon knight called Fernot, as well as some sokemen. Adhering to the Norman conquest, as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, both the Anglo-Saxon manors and also the village were part of the lands awarded by William the Conqueror to the Matter of Meulan from Normandy, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester. Ultimately, the village gone by marriage dowry to the English branch of the French House of Harcourt. King Edward I offered an imperial charter to Sir William Harcourt allowing a market to be held every Wednesday. The town took the name Market Bosworth from 12 May 1285, and on this day became a "town" by common meaning. The two oldest structures in Bosworth, St. Peter's Church and the Red Lion pub, were developed during the 14th century. The Battle of Bosworth occurred to south of the community in 1485 as the end of the world in the Wars of the Roses between the House of Lancaster and your home of York, which caused the death of King Richard III. Complying with the exploration of the remains of Richard III in Leicester throughout 2012, on Sunday 22 March 2015 the king's funeral cortège travelled through the town on its way to Leicester Cathedral for his reburial. This event is currently honored with a floor plaque in front of the war memorial in the town square.
