Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth is a tiny market community as well as civil parish in western Leicestershire, England. At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 1,906, increasing to 2,097 at the 2011 census. In 1974, Market Bosworth Rural District merged with Hinckley Rural Area to develop the district of Hinckley as well as Bosworth. Building operate at the old Cattle Market as well as other sites has exposed evidence of settlement on the hill because the Bronze Age. Remains of a Roman vacation home have been found on the east side of Barton Road. Bosworth as an Anglo-Saxon village dates from the 8th century. Before the Norman Conquest of 1066, there were 2 manors at Bosworth one coming from an Anglo-Saxon knight named Fernot, and also some sokemen. Complying with the Norman occupation, as taped in the Domesday Book of 1086, both the Anglo-Saxon manors and also the village became part of the lands awarded by William the Conqueror to the Count of Meulan from Normandy, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester. Subsequently, the town passed by marital relationship dowry to the English branch of the French House of Harcourt. King Edward I offered a royal 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 also on now became a "town" by usual definition. Both oldest buildings 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 town in 1485 as the final battle in the Wars of the Roses in between your house of Lancaster and also your home of York, which resulted in 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 celebrated with a floor plaque in front of the war memorial in the town square.
