| Husbands Bosworth | |
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 Husbands Bosworth | |
  Husbands Bosworth Location withinLeicestershire | |
| Population | 1,145 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP642842 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LUTTERWORTH |
| Postcode district | LE17 |
| Dialling code | 01858 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Husbands Bosworth is a large crossroads village in SouthLeicestershire on theA5199 road fromLeicester city toNorthampton and theA4304 road from Junction 20 of theM1 motorway toMarket Harborough. The population of the village was 1,027 at the 2011 census.[1]
John Cook,Solicitor General and later the prosecutor in thetrial of Charles I, was baptised here on 18 September 1608 in All Saints' church.
To the north of the village theGrand Union Canal passes through a 1,166-yard (1,066 m) tunnel that bears the name of the village. TheRiver Welland passes one mile to the south-east, very close to its source. TheRiver Avon also passes close by, two miles to the south-west. On the southern boundary of the village is a thrivingallotment site, immediately adjacent to the village's cemetery.
The nearest railway station isMarket Harborough.
Husbands Bosworth has long been a historic centre for the Catholic Faith. Since the Reformation, Mass has been celebrated atBosworth Hall. In the 1870s St Mary's Church was built to serve local Catholics. Today the church is served by thePersonal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. 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 10am and there is also a midweek program of worship.
Royal Air Force Station Husbands Bosworth opened in 1943 with its main tenant being theWellington Bombers of No. 85 Operational Training Unit (No.85 OTU),RAF Bomber Command.[2] 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.[3]
Today the airfield (atSP650827) is the home of agliding club, and aNational Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter base.[4] The truncated Sibbertoft Road now lies on what once was the main east–west runway.
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