... to the Japanese on Christmas Day 1941 following a brief but intense period of fighting. During the Japanese occupation, Stanley jail and village were used as a prisoner of war and civilian internment camp ...
Sunday, 29 November 2009
The Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal was to have been the last link between London and the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire coalfields. The Union Canal, as the new canal became known, was ...
Sunday, 09 August 2009
... Station Road [Negative Watching Brief ] Excavation for agricultural building for Mr. D Cook. Archaeological Project Services ...
Saturday, 09 February 2008
The area around Husbands Bosworth was probably first settled soon after the departure of the Romans in 450AD. when the whole of the country was in a state of flux. The Saxons invaded Britain from northern ...
Sunday, 03 December 2006
... the erection of a convenient Village Hall, and the opening ceremony took place on Saturday.” A BRIEF HISTORY The opening took place seven years after the death of Sir Francis Fortescue Turville. His ...
Tuesday, 31 October 2006
The first mention of schooling in the village of Husbands Bosworth is found in the Church Survey Book of 1619, which states: "...a Chapel on the North side of the Church [All Saints], where a School is ...
Saturday, 22 July 2006
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Husbands Bosworth is situated in the park of Bosworth Hall. It was built in 1873 by Sir Francis Fortescue-Turville, the then owner of Bosworth Hall, from whom the present ...
Saturday, 22 July 2006
All denominations of the Christian faith are catered for in Husbands Bosworth. On this page we look at the Non-conformist Ministry in the village.
HUSBANDS BOSWORTH METHODIST CHAPEL
Welford Road, ...
Saturday, 22 July 2006
The impressive stately home of Bosworth Hall actually comprises two houses, the Old Hall, and the 'new' Georgian Hall, together with various Victorian additions and sits in parkland on the eastern edge ...
Saturday, 22 July 2006
The Parish Church of Husbands Bosworth is believed to stand on the site of an earlier Saxon church. The earliest parts of the present Church date from the late 12th or early 13th Century. In the early ...
Saturday, 22 July 2006
Historical relicts show that Husbands Bosworth was once a well connected village. The parish boasted two watermills to support the once thriving agricultural industry. RUGBY TO STAMFORD RAILWAY The ...
Saturday, 22 July 2006
... during field walking a watching brief was undertaken by ULAS for F J Garner & Sons during groundworks at the site [for a new agricultural building] which is in the vicinity [ approx. 300m NNE] of the Neolithic ...
Saturday, 22 July 2006
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