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4 unusual facts about Hinckley and Bosworth


Hinckley and Bosworth

At the northern and eastern edges of the Borough lie several settlements (including Bagworth, Desford, Groby, Markfield, Ratby and Thornton) which largely relate to Leicester; in particular the most northern villages have little to do with the main administrative centre of Hinckley.

The Ashby Canal, the longest contour canal in England, passes through the Borough from Hinckley in the south of the Borough through Stoke Golding, Dadlington, Market Bosworth and Shackerstone before heading North to its current terminus at Snarestone.

The Geographical Centre of England is in the northwest of the borough at Lindley Hall Farm, near Fenny Drayton

St. James Church at Dadlington is the place where many of the dead were buried and where a chantry was founded on their behalf.


Barton in the Beans

Barton in the Beans is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England and forms part of the Shackerstone civil parish.


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