Market Bosworth is a small market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. At the time of the 2001 Census, the parish, including the hamlet of Far Coton, had a total population of 1,906.
Until 1974 it contained the offices of Market Bosworth Rural District, which was merged in that year with the Hinckley Rural District to form the district of Hinckley and Bosworth.
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“Forbede us thing, and that desiren we;
Preesse on us faste, and thanne wol we flee.
With daunger oute we al oure chaffare:
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And too greet chepe is holden at litel pris.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)