Markfield
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Markfield is a large village in both the National Forest and Charnwood Forest, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The settlement dates back to at least the time of the Norman conquest and is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name Merchenefeld. A variant of this is still used as the name for the village primary school, Mercenfeld. It is to the south-east of Junction 22 of the M1, and to the south of the A50. The highest point in Markfield is shown on OS sheet 129 as 222 metres above sea level, making it one of the highest villages in Leicestershire. Nearby
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cached 1461h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,993
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Main Street Markfield.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Main Street, Markfield
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Markfield
- UK place.population
- 5,681
- UK place.shire_district
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.civil_parish
- Markfield
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Mid Leicestershire
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE67
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.post_town
- MARKFIELD
- UK place.dial_code
- 01530
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK488103
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Domesday Book
- John Wesley
- Worship
- Education
- Facilities
- Industry
- Geology
- Sport
- See also
- [https://www.markfieldhistory.org/ References]
Markfield is a large village in both the National Forest and Charnwood Forest, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The settlement dates back to at least the time of the Norman conquest and is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name Merchenefeld. A variant of this is still used as the name for the village primary school, Mercenfeld. It is to the south-east of Junction 22 of the M1, and to the south of the A50. The highest point in Markfield is shown on OS sheet 129 as 222 metres above sea level, making it one of the highest villages in Leicestershire. Nearby places are Newtown Linford, Groby, Field Head, and Stanton under Bardon. In the 1841 census its population was recorded at 1,203. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 5,681. In 2012 Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council published an overview of the Markfield conservation area.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Markfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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