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DIRECTORY.] LEICESTERSHIRE.. MARKET BOSWORTH. 749 tion, archdeaconry 01 Leicester and diocese of Peterborough. IPierrepont Hon. Evelyn H. Higham grange, Hinckley The Ashby-de-Ia-Zouch canal passes about a mile to the west. Richards Col. S. Smith Crosland, Burbage ho. near Hinckley The town 18 lighted with gas by a Company,formed in 1874-5. Scott Charles Norman Lindsay ToUemache esq. Bosworth The water 8upply is obtained from springs and wells. The park, Hinckley church of St. Peter is a building of stone, in the late Gothic Stephen Oscar Leslie esq. Stuart ho. Cadogan sq. London sw style of the 17th century, consisting of spacious chancel, Titley Rev. Richard M.A. Rectory, Barwell, Hinckley nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled tower, with lofty Watson Rev. Canon Henry Lacon M.A. Sharnford rectory, spire, containing a clock and 5 bells: the church was re- Hinckley paired and restored in 1859, and contains a fine font: there Wollaston Frederick Eustace Arbuthnott esq. D.L. Shenton are two monuments to Sir Willoughby Wolstan Dixie bart. d. hall, N uueaton 1827, and his son, Sir W. W. Dixie bart. d. 23 June 1850 and Worsley-Worswick Col. Richard, Normanton hall, Hinckley Lady Olive Dixie, and to the Rev. John Dixie, a former Clerk to the Magistrates, S. Pilgrim, Castle st. Hinckley rector, erected in 1719: there is a stained window in the Special & Petty Sessional Courts are held every alternate south aisle, inserted in 1855, and the west window as well thursday at the Police court, Hinckley, 11 a.m. & every as eight smaller windows in the clerestory are also stained: alternate wednesday at the Dixie Arms inn, Market Bos- the communion plate dates from the 18th century: the worth, 12 noon church affords 400 sittings. The register dates from the The Petty Sessionsl Division of Market Bosworth comprises year 1569 and has lately (1890) been restored. The living is Aston Flamville, Atterton, Bagworth, Barlestone,llarton- a rectory, with the chapelries of Barleston and Shenton in-the-Beans, Barwell, Bilstone, Botchestone & Newtown annexed, average tithe rent-charge £460, joint gross yearly Unthank, Burbage, Cadeby, Carlton, Congerston, value £825, with residence and 270 acres of glebe, in the Dadlington, Desford, Earl Shilton, Elmesthorpe, Fenny gift of James Bowers esq. and held since 1886 by the Rev. Drayton, Gopsall, Higham-on-the-Hill & Lindley, Percy Harris Bowers M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. Hinckley & Wykin, Ibstock, Kirkby Mallory, Knoll & Here is a Congregational chapel with 200 sittings and a Bassett House, Market Bosworth & Coton, Merevale, Baptist chapel, seating 100 persons. The chief business of Nailstone, Naneby, Newbold Verdon, Norton - juxta- the town arises from its position as the centre of an agri- Twycross, Odstone, Orton-on-the-Hill, Osbaston, Peckle- cultural district: bricks are made here. The market is held ton, Potters Marston, Ratcliffe Culey, Sapcote, Shacker- every Wednesday, mostly for corn; the fairs for cattle are stone, Sharnford, Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, Sbenton, held on the 8th of May and loth of July. There is also a Sib son, Stanton-under-Bardon, Stapleton, Stoke GoIding, fortnightly sale, conducted by Mr. Marson, for fat and other Stoney Stanton, Sutton Cheney, Thornton, Thurlaston, stock which is increasing in importance and very largely Twycross, Upton, Wellsborough & Temple Hall & Witherly attended. Wagstaffe's charity of £2 2S. and Dodson's of MARKET BOSWOHTH UNION. £10 16s. yearly are ~or distri~ution. The Gas .Cou:pany Board day, wednesday fortnightly, at the Union ho. at I p.m was formed 1874-5. With a capital of 1;'2,~oo, raIsed ~n £5 The Union compries the following parishes & townships ;_ shares. At Battlefield, on ~edmoor plam, m the parish of Bagworth, Barlest.one, Barton-in-the-Beans, Bilstone, Sutton Cheuey, about 3 mIles south of Market Bosworth, Cadeby, Carlton, Congerstoll, Dadlington, Desford, Gop- and near th~ canal, was fou~ht (21 Aug. 1485) the Battle of saIl, Ibstock, Kirkby Mallory, Market Bosworth, Mark- B?sworth Field, between Richard HI. a~d Henry, Earl of field, Nailstone, Newbold Verdon, Norton-jllxta-Twycross, Rlc.hmond, afterwards Henry,vII.. : a sprmg of water, f:om Odstone, Orton-on-the-Hill, Osbaston, Peckleton, Ratby, whIch the defeated ~onarch IS said to have drunk prevIOus Shackerstone, Shenton, Sibston, Stanton-under-Bardon, ~? ~he en~ageme~,t, IS ?arefully protec~d, and known as Stapleton, Sutton Cheney, Thornton, Twycross & Up ton. RIChard s Well, ThiS town was the bIrthplace (20 Aug. The popUlation in 1881 was 146II' rateable value in 1710) of Thomas SiI?pson F.R.S. the mathematician, who 1890, £93,676. ' , was educated at the Grammar school. Dr. Johnson was for Clerk to Guardians & Assessment Committee Thomas B. a short period thi;d master of th~ Gram~ar schoo~ here. Fitch, Twycross ' Bosworth Park, IS the seat of Charles Norman Lmdsay Treasurer James Lawlord Leicestershire BankinO' Co Tollemache Scott esq. J.P.; the mansion is of red brick Relieving & Inquiry Office;, No. 1&2 district, W.bC. Mears, with stone dressings. in the Queen Anne s~yl~ an~ was Congerston thoroughly restored III 1887, ar;d the ~lectrlC lIght mtro- Vaccination Officer, W. S. Meal'S, Congerstone; S. Chit- duced. The grounds are well laId out WIth avenues, shrubs ham Ibstock and terraces, and the park, which extends over about 400 Medica'l Officers & Public Vaccinators Barlestone district acres and contains several sheets of water, is well stocked David Pestell Thomas Market Bosw~rth' Bosworth dis~ with deer and game. In this park Richard lII. raised his trict Frederic James Odord Market Bos~orth· Desford standard prior to the battle of Bosworth Field and a clump dist;ict, T. W. Gordon Keliy M.D. Desford; I]{~tock dis- of trees called" I?ick's Clump," marks the spot. H~ndsome trict, Richard Henry Thomas, Ibstock; Markfield <lis- lodges and massIve entrance gates were erected In 1887. trict John Wright Markfield' Twycross district Edmund The land is c~iefiy the property of C. N. L. Tollemache Scott Johr: Thompson, Measham ' , esq. J.P. who IS lord of the manor. The Atherstone hounds Superintendent Registrar Thomas Birch Fitch Twycross' have for many yea:s had their first meet in Bosworth Park deputy, H. W. Beck, M~rket Bosworth ' , on the first Monday 1Il ~ov;m~er; W. E. Oakley es~. rr:aster. Registrars of Births & Deaths, Ibstock sub-district, T. The hamlet of COTO~ I~ 12 mIles west. NAN~BY IS 1"2 east- Wilkins, Barlestone; deputy, William C. Deacon, Barton- south-east. The soil IS mostly clay j subSOIl, clay. The in-the-Beans; Market Bosworth sub-district, W. C. chief crops are w~eat, b~rle.y, oats, beans and roots. The Mears, Congerstone; deputy, W. Wood, Market Bosworth acreage of the entIre parI~h IS 6,410; rateable value, about Registrar of Marriages, T. Wilkins, Barlestone; deputy, £13,700 ; the populatIOn In 1881 w~s :- William C. Deacon, Barton-in-the-Beans Market Bosworth, township ......... 881 The Workhouse erected in 1856 is situated on the west Barleston, township and chapelry... 708 side of the t~wn, & will hold 2~ inmates; average, 75 ; Carlton, do. 274 an infirmary was built in 1873, at a cost of about £ 1,800 : Shenton, do. 210 it has a south front; J. A. Crisp, master; Rev. William Sutton Cheney, do. 300 Townson M.A. chaplain; D. P. Thomas, medical officer; Mrs. E. Crisp, matron RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. Acting Parish Clerk, Joseph Wright. Meets at Union house on alternate wednesdays, at I p.m. POST, M. O. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office. Clerk, Thomas B. Fitch, Twycross Samuel Hextall, postmaster. Letters arrive from Hinck Treasurer, James Lawford, Bank, Leicester ley to 6.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 7.IO p.m. On sundays Medical Officer of Health, John Andrew Turner M.B., C.M. the letter box closes at 12.50 mid-day New Evington CoUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR MARKET BOSWORTH PETTY Inspector of Nuisances, Henry W. Taylor, Market Bosworth SESSIONAL DIVISION. ScHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE. Howe the Earl C.B. (lord-lieutenant), Gopsall pk.Atherstone Meet at Union house on alternate wednesdays, at I p.m. Atkins John, esq. The Hall, Hinckley Clerk, Thomas B. Fitch, Twycross Brookes William esq. B.A. Croft, Leicester Inquiry Officer, W. C. Mears, Congerston BruxnerRev. Geo. Edward M.A. The Bolt, Thurlaston,Hinckley Attendance Officer, Samuel Chitham, jun. Ibstock Byron the Rev. the Hon. Angustus M.A. Rectory, Kirkby PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:- Mallory, Hinckley County Court Office, open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Cope Thomas esq. M.A. Osbaston hall, Hinckley week days; saturday, from 10 to I. His Honor James Davis Lient.-Col. Samnel, Highfield, Hinckley Johu Hooper M.A. judge; Arthur John Loseby, registrar. Lowe Charles Bodington esq. M.A. Sheepy hall, Atherstone A Connty Court is usually held in the months of January, Ludford-Astley Rev. Benjamin Buckler Gifford M.A. Cadeby March, May, July, September & November; the district rectory, Hinckley comprises the following places :-Bagworth, Barlestone, Moore John Dyson esq Barton-in-the-Beans, Biistone, Botchestone, Brascote, .