Place:Dadlington, Leicestershire, England

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NameDadlington
TypeChapelry, Civil parish
Coordinates52.578°N 1.405°W
Located inLeicestershire, England
See alsoHinckley, Leicestershire, Englandepiscopal parish in which it was a chapelry
Sparkenhoe Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which the parish was included
Market Bosworth Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district, 1894 - 1936
Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1936
Hinckley and Bosworth District, Leicestershire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area from 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Dadlington is a village administered by Hinckley and Bosworth District Council in Leicestershire, England. It is situated between Hinckley, Market Bosworth and Nuneaton.

The village has a population of around 301 and contains a 13th-century church (St. James), a pub (the Dog and Hedgehog) and a hotel (the Ambion Court).

The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal runs through the village.

Dadlington was a chapelry in the episcopal parish of Hinckley. It was made a civil parish in 1866 and in 1894 became part of Market Bosworth Rural District. In 1936 the civil parish was abolished and the area absorbed into the parish of Sutton Cheney.

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History

Dadlington is on the way between Bosworth Field (where Richard III was killed in 1485) and Leicester Abbey (where he was buried). A silver gilt white boar, Richard III's own badge, given in large numbers to his supporters, was discovered at Fen Hole outside Dadlington in 2010. Wikipedia has more details.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Dadlington.

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Research Tips

  • From this Findmypast page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
  • From this Ancestry page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
  • For both of the above sites, a subscription is charged. Transcriptions of these records may also be available free of charge on the FamilySearch website.
  • A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Leicestershire.


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