Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth is a little market town and civil parish 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 combined with Hinckley Rural District to form the area of Hinckley and Bosworth. Structure operate at the old Livestock Market as well as various other sites has disclosed evidence of settlement on the hill considering that the Bronze Age. Remains of a Roman villa have actually been discovered 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 belonging to an Anglo-Saxon knight named Fernot, and some sokemen. Adhering to the Norman occupation, as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, both the Anglo-Saxon manors and also the village belonged to the lands awarded by William the Conqueror to the Count of Meulan from Normandy, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester. Ultimately, 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 enabling a market to be held every Wednesday. The town took the name Market Bosworth from 12 May 1285, and on this particular day became a "town" by common interpretation. Both earliest structures in Bosworth, St. Peter's Church and also the Red Lion bar, were developed throughout the 14th century. The Battle of Bosworth took place to south of the town in 1485 as the end of the world in the Wars of the Roses between your house of Lancaster as well as the House of York, which led to the death of King Richard III. Following the discovery of the remains of Richard III in Leicester during 2012, on Sunday 22 March 2015 the king's funeral cortège passed through the town on its way to Leicester Cathedral for his reburial. This event is now honored with a floor plaque in front of the war memorial in the community square.