Husbands Bosworth

Husbands Bosworth
Husbands Bosworth
Husbands Bosworth  Husbands Bosworth shown within Leicestershire
Population	966 (2001)
OS grid reference	SP642842
Civil parish	Husbands Bosworth
District	Harborough
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LUTTERWORTH
Postcode district	LE17
Dialling code	01858
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Harborough
List of places UK England Leicestershire

Husbands Bosworth is a large crossroads village in South Leicestershire on the A5199 road from Leicester city to Northampton and the A4304 road from Junction 20 of the M1 motorway to Market Harborough.

John Cooke, Solicitor General and later the prosecutor in the trial of Charles I, was baptised here on 18 September 1608 in the All Saints church.

To the north of the village the Grand Union Canal passes through a 1,166-yard (1,066 m) tunnel that bears the name of the village. On the southern boundary of the village is a thriving allotment site, immediately adjacent to the village's cemetery. The nearby airfield (at SP650827) is the home of a gliding club, and a rapid response police helicopter unit, the East Midlands Air Support Unit. It was originally constructed as RAF Husbands Bosworth during World War II and subsequently was used to house displaced Polish families.

The nearest railway station is Market Harborough.

See also

• Erasmus Smith

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Husbands Bosworth The website for more info on this village