Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth is a small market community and civil church 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 combined with Hinckley Rural Area to create the district of Hinckley and Bosworth. Structure work at the old Cattle Market and also various other sites has exposed proof of settlement on capital considering that the Bronze Age. Remains of a Roman suite have been found on the east side of Barton Road. Bosworth as an Anglo-Saxon town 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, and also some sokemen. Following the Norman occupation, as taped in the Domesday Book of 1086, both the Anglo-Saxon manors and the village were part of the lands granted by William the Conqueror to the Count of Meulan from Normandy, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester. Consequently, the village passed by marriage dowry to the English branch of the French House of Harcourt. King Edward I provided a royal charter to Sir William Harcourt allowing a market to be held every Wednesday. The village took the name Market Bosworth from 12 May 1285, as well as on this day became a "community" by typical meaning. Both earliest buildings in Bosworth, St. Peter's Church as well as the Red Lion bar, were constructed during the 14th century. The Battle of Bosworth took place to south of the community in 1485 as the final battle in the Wars of the Roses between your house of Lancaster and also your house of York, which led to 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 passed through the community on its way to Leicester Cathedral for his reburial. This occasion is currently honored with a floor plaque before the war memorial in the community square.
