Newbold Verdon - Leicestershire
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N 52° 37.794 W 001° 20.508
30U E 612227 N 5832392
Village sign for Newbold Verdon, at the junction of Mill Lane and Main Street.
Waymark Code: WM1004Z
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/31/2019
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Village sign for Newbold Verdon, at the junction of Mill Lane and Main Street. Presented to the village by the garden club in 2016. A plaque on the post reads:
This Sign Is Presented
To The Village By The
GARDEN CLUB
Installed By The
PARISH COUNCIL
MARCH 2016The sign depicts two farmers having a chat over a farm fence, with pasture and St James' church in the background.
"Newbold Verdon is a village and civil parish in the county of Leicestershire, England. The parish includes Newbold Heath to the north and Brascote to the south. Originally an agricultural centre Newbold Verdon grew in size during the 1850s with the expansion of coal mining in the area. That industry has now ceased leaving Newbold Verdon as primarily a commuter village. The 2001 census recorded a population of 3,193, which had reduced to 3,012 at the 2011 census.
The Domesday Book records the settlement as Niwebold meaning 'New Build'. It acquired the suffix Verdon from Nicholas de Verdon who owned the manor in 1226. While the civil parish is Newbold Verdon the ecclesiastical parish retains the form Newbold de Verdun. Nicholas's descendant William de Ferrers was born in Newbold in 1332 or 1333.
In the year of 1428 the village was quarantined due to an outbreak of cholera, however this was short-lived as the quarantine was lifted soon after the outbreak was found to be non-serious.
On Sunday 22 March 2015, the funeral cortège of King Richard III passed through Market Bosworth, Newbold Verdon and Desford en route to his interment in Leicester Cathedral."
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