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== Notable residents and visitors ==

As well as [[Richard III of England|Richard III]], the parish also contained the campsite of [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]], the victor of the [[Battle of Bosworth Field|Battle of Bosworth]], who was crowned King of England in the adjacent civil parish of [[Stoke Golding]].

The famous mathematician [[Thomas Simpson|Thomas Simpson FRS]] (1710-1761) of [[Market Bosworth]], [[Nuneaton]], and [[Woolwich]] is buried in the graveyard of St James' Church.<ref>'Simpson, Thomas (1710–61)' in The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy</ref> There is a Latin memorial plaque to him inside the Church to the left of the door.

The village's vicar from 1960 until his death in 1986, the [[Edwin Boston|Rev. E. R. "Teddy" Boston]], was notable as a [[traction engine]] and [[light railway]] enthusiast and engineer who constructed the now-dismantled [[Cadeby Light Railway]]. He was immortalised in his friend [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev. Wilbert Awdry]]'s [[The Railway Series]] books (more commonly known as [[Thomas the Tank Engine|the Thomas the Tank Engine books]]) as "the Fat Clergyman". There is a plaque to him in the chancel of St James' Church.