The 12th century church of St James' Dadlington, Leicestershire, UK. The church is the only recorded site for the fallen from the nearby Battle of Bosworth. In 1511 King Henry VIII authorised the founding of the Chantry Chapel here to commemorate the souls of those killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 which was fought in this parish at the field of Redemore.
The 12th century church of St James' Dadlington, Leicestershire, UK. The church is the only recorded site for the fallen from the nearby Battle of Bosworth. In 1511 King Henry VIII authorised the founding of the Chantry Chapel here to commemorate the souls of those killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 which was fought in this parish at the field of Redemore. When the body of Richard III was discovered in 2012 in nearby Leicester his body was brought to Bosworth Battlefield and the village of Dadlington before burial in Leicester Cathedral in 2015.
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Location: Dadlington, Leicestershire, England, UK
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