Market Bosworth
Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ N , 1 ° 24 ′ W
Market Bosworth is a place and a civil parish in Leicestershire , England with 2,097 inhabitants (2011). There are traces of settlement from the Bronze Age in the area of civil parish and the remains of a Roman villa have also been discovered.
William I gave two mansions , the Anglo-Saxon nobles belonged to Robert de Beaumont , as this is recorded in the Doomsday Book.
On 12. May 1285 gave Edward I. the place Bosworth the law , weekly on Wednesday a market hold, and the place took the addition of "Market" on.
On August 22, 1485 , the battle of Bosworth Field took place south of the town as the allegedly last battle of the Wars of the Roses , in which Richard III was fatally wounded.
In the 16th century , the manor of Bosworth Market changed hands several times until it was finally owned by Wolstan Dixie , whose great-nephew Wolstan Dixie of Appleby Magna was the first member of the family to live in Market Bosworth. In 1601 he founded the Dixie Grammar School .
In the 17th century the manor was the construction Bosworth Hall a Grade II protected
artistic monument begun. Today the house is used as a hotel.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Market Bosworth Society local history information
- Market Bosworth Conservation Area Appraisal (PDF; 3.9 MB) from the Market Bosworth Society
- Market Bosworth Parish Council
- Bosworth Hall at English Heritage
- Dixie Grammar School