Stoke Golding, United Kingdom
Stoke Golding is a town of 1,684 people in England, United Kingdom.
Why visit Stoke Golding
Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks, 3 parks and trails, 5 places to eat, 1 place to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Concordia Theatre and Battle of Bosworth 1485.
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About Stoke Golding
Stoke Golding is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, close to the county border with Warwickshire. According to the 2001 census, the total population was 1,721 in just over 700 houses. The population at the 2011 census was 1,684 in 723 households. The village is 15 miles (24 km) from the city of Leicester, about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Hinckley and 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Nuneaton.
From the Wikipedia article Stoke Golding (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks3
Parks, trails and playgrounds3
Restaurants and cafes5
History
Stoke Golding's unique historical claim to fame is that, in 1485, the people of the village witnessed the unofficial rural coronation of Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch. His defeat of Richard III, last of the Plantagenets, at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Wars of the Roses, and heralded the accession to the throne of the Tudor dynasty. In so doing, Stoke Golding claims to be the birthplace of the Tudor dynasty.
After Henry Tudor was victorious over Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which took place in the marshland known as the Redemore between Stoke Golding, Dadlington, Shenton and Sutton Cheney, Henry's entourage retired to hilly ground near the village of Stoke Golding. Here, Henry's impromptu coronation was performed with a circlet, by tradition retrieved from a nearby thorn bush. This area became known as Crown Hill and Crownhill Field.
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Local historical accounts of the Battle of Bosworth Field tell of the villagers climbing onto the battlements of the church of St Margaret of Antioch to view the bloody battle on 22 August 1485. The windowsills of the church show grooves which, legend has it, were caused by the soldiers sharpening their swords and axes on the eve of the battle. After the fighting, large pits were dug around Stoke Golding and the villages of Dadlington and Fenny Drayton, the nearest villages to the battlefield, for the burial of the dead. Henry then rewarded some of his followers and knighted the more senior of his supporters.
From the History section of Stoke Golding on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay1
Churches and places of worship7
Schools, colleges and libraries4
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Getting there and nearby towns
Birmingham Airport (BHX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 16 miles away.
- Hinckley 3 mi southeast, about 4 min by car
- Nuneaton 4 mi southwest, about 6 min by car
- Earl Shilton 4 mi east, about 7 min by car
- Hartshill 5 mi west, about 8 min by car
- Atherstone 6 mi west, about 9 min by car
- Bedworth 7 mi south, about 11 min by car
- Leicester Forest East 9 mi northeast, about 14 min by car
- Glen Parva 10 mi east, about 16 min by car
- Coalville 11 mi north, about 17 min by car
- Coventry 12 mi south, about 19 min by car
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- St Mary's Church, Barwell, Leicestershire 01, Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Battle of Bosworth by Philip James de Loutherbourg, Philip James de Loutherbourg, Public domain
- Higham-on-the-Hill Church, Gammock, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dadlington Church 2015, Zakerias, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dog And Hedgehog 2015, Zakerias, CC BY-SA 4.0
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