Husbands Bosworth
| Husbands Bosworth | |
| Leicestershire | |
|---|---|
 Husbands Bosworth | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP642842 |
| Location: | 52°27’9"N, 1°3’21"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,145 (2011) |
| Post town: | Lutterworth |
| Postcode: | LE17 |
| Dialling code: | 01858 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Harborough |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Harborough |
Husbands Bosworth is a large crossroads village in South Leicestershire on the A5199 road from Leicester city to Northampton and the A4304 road from Junction 20 of the M1 motorway to Market Harborough.
John Cooke, Solicitor General and later the prosecutor in the trial of Charles I, was baptised here on 18 September 1608 in the All Saints Church.
To the north of the village the Grand Union Canal passes through a 1,166 yard tunnel; the Husbands Bosworth Tunnel.
On the southern boundary of the village is a thriving allotment site, immediately adjacent to the village's cemetery.
Airfield
The nearby airfield (at SP650827) is the home of a gliding club, and a rapid response police helicopter unit, the East Midlands Air Support Unit.[1] It was originally constructed as RAF Husbands Bosworth during Second World War and subsequently was used to house displaced Polish families.[2]
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