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, boosting to 2,097 at the 2011 census. In 1974, Market Bosworth Rural District combined with Hinckley Rural Area to form the area of Hinckley and also Bosworth. Building operate at the old Livestock Market and other sites has actually disclosed proof of negotiation on capital since the Bronze Age. Remains of a Roman villa have actually been located 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 two manors at Bosworth one belonging to an Anglo-Saxon knight called Fernot, as well as some sokemen. Following the Norman conquest, as taped in the Domesday Book of 1086, both the Anglo-Saxon manors as well as the village belonged to the lands granted by William the Conqueror to the Matter of Meulan from Normandy, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester. Ultimately, the village gone by marital relationship dowry to the English branch of the French House of Harcourt. King Edward I provided an imperial charter to Sir William Harcourt permitting a market to be held every Wednesday. The town took the name Market Bosworth from 12 May 1285, and on today ended up being a "community" by typical interpretation. Both oldest structures in Bosworth, St. Peter's Church and also the Red Lion bar, were built during the 14th century. The Battle of Bosworth happened to south of the community in 1485 as the end of the world in the Wars of the Roses between your home of Lancaster and the House of York, which caused the death of King Richard III. Following the exploration 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 currently memorialized with a floor plaque in front of the war memorial in the community square.
