Husbands Bosworth is a large crossroads village in South Leicestershire on the

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from Leicester city to Northampton and the

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from Junction 20 of the

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Market Harborough Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, in the far southeast of the county, forming part of the border with Northamptonshire. Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the adm ...

. The population of the village was 1,027 at the 2011 census. John Cook, Solicitor General and later the prosecutor in the trial of Charles I, was baptised here on 18 September 1608 in All Saints' church. To the north of the village the

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passes through a tunnel that bears the name of the village. The

River Welland The River Welland is a lowland river in the east of England, some long. It drains part of the Midlands eastwards to The Wash. The river rises in the Hothorpe Hills, at Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire, then flows generally northeast to Market ...

passes one mile to the south-east, very close to its source. The River Avon also passes close by, two miles to the south-west. On the southern boundary of the village is a thriving allotment site, immediately adjacent to the village's cemetery. The nearest railway station is

. Husbands Bosworth has long been a historic centre for the Catholic Faith. Since the Reformation, Mass has been celebrated at Bosworth Hall. In the 1870s St Mary’s Church was built to serve local Catholics. Today the church is served by the

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. The Ordinariate allows former Anglicans to enter into the Catholic Church whilst retaining some of their traditions and style of worship. Sunday Mass is at 11am and there is also a midweek program of worship.

RAF Husbands Bosworth

Royal Air Force Station Husbands Bosworth opened in 1943 with its main tenant being the Wellington Bombers of No. 85 Operational Training Unit (No.85 OTU), RAF Bomber Command. The unit was formed from an element from No.14 OTU and was tasked with training crews to undertake night bombing operations. No.85 OTU was disbanded on 14 June 1945, following which the Station was placed on care & maintenance before finally being decommissioned in 1946. It was then subsequently used to house displaced Polish families. Today the airfield (at ) is the home of a gliding club, and a

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(NPAS) helicopter base. The truncated Sibbertoft Road now lies on what once was the main east–west runway.

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Husbands Bosworth
The website for more info on this village.
Bosworth Bugle
The online version of the local newsletter, the Bosworth Bugle. Villages in Leicestershire Civil parishes in Harborough District {{Leicestershire-geo-stub

RAF Husbands Bosworth

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