Bottle-kicking is an old Leicestershire custom that takes place in the village of Hallaton each Easter Monday.
It was discovered in 2000 near Hallaton, Leicestershire after Ken Wallace, a member of the Hallaton Fieldwork Group, found coins in the area.
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The event starts with a parade through the villages of Medbourne and Hallaton.
Thomas Bardolf, 5th Baron Bardolf (d. 19 February 1408, from wounds received at the Battle of Bramham Moor) was a baron in the Peerage of England, Lord of Wormegay, Norfolk, of Shelford and Stoke Bardolph in Nottinghamshire, Hallaton (Hallughton), Leicestershire, and others, and was "a person of especial eminence in his time".