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MARKET BOSWORTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 734 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARKET See also:BOSWORTH , a market See also:town in the Bosworth See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Leicestershire, See also:England; 105 M. N.N.W. from See also:London on a See also:branch from See also:Nuneaton of the London & See also:North Western and Midland See also:railways, near the See also:Ashby-de-la-See also:Zouch See also:canal. Pop. (Igor), 659. The See also:church of St See also:Peter is Perpendicular, with a lofty See also:tower and See also:spire. At the See also:grammar school, founded in 1528, Dr See also:Samuel See also:Johnson was a See also:master about 1732, but found the See also:work unbearable. The See also:trade of Market Bosworth is principally agricultural, and there are brickworks. Two See also:miles See also:south is the See also:scene of the See also:battle of Bosworth, in 1485, where See also:Richard III. See also:fell before See also:Henry See also:earl of See also:Richmond, who thereupon assumed the See also:crown as Henry VII.

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