A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 



HINCKLEY (xlii, 3) WYKIN HALL. Over a mile north-west from 

 Hinckley, at the ancient manor-house of the earls of Leicester, granted to the 

 nuns of Nuneaton by Robert Bossu, are the remains of a moat. The western 

 side is loft, wide, the southern part is 24ft. wide and raft, deep, but it is 

 incomplete, having been partly filled in. 



HUNGERTON (xxxii, 7). In Quenby Park is a small irregular square 

 moat. 



HUNGERTON (xxxii, 10.) A small circular dry moat is in a field to the 

 south-west of the great Ingarsby moat. 



LOUGHBOROUGH (xvii, 12). The ' Moat House ' is girt by a stream and 

 two sides of a rectangular moat ; the latter, which lies on the north and east 

 sides of the house, is 2 1 ft. at its widest part, but it is of no great depth, the 

 banks being only 3 ft. deep. 



MARKET BOSWORTH (xxix, 15). In Bosworth Park are the south and 

 east sides of a moat of considerable size. 



MARKFIELD (xxiv, 6). A small circular moat west of Copt Oak Wood. 



MEDBOURNE (xlvi, 1 1). The parish church was formerly surrounded by 

 a moat. 



NETHER BROUGHTON (xii, 7). The north-east angle of a moat remains 

 in a field south-west of The Grange. 



NEVILL HOLT (xlvi, 4). On the site of the Augustinian House of 

 Bradley Priory is a straight dry moat 600 ft. long. 



NEWBOLD VERDON (xxix, 16). Adjacent to the ancient hall is a terrace 

 which descends to the level of the moat which incloses the other three sides 

 of a quadrangle. The width of the moat is 28 ft. The banks on the north- 

 west and south-west descend to a lower level, and the ground generally falls 

 away from the hall. A number of ponds on this lower land has suggested 

 an outer and more extensive moat ; but it is more probable that they are 

 to receive the overflow from the moat, and arrest the swamping of the 

 lowlands. 



NEW PARKS (xxxi, 5). 'Bird's Nest Moat' is a very perfect quad- 

 rangular moat of considerable depth, supposed to mark the site of ' The 

 Bird's Nest,' a reputed hunting box of John of Gaunt. 



NEWTOWN LINFORD (xxiv, 16). The moat of Bradgate Hall may yet 

 be traced, and its fishponds remain. 



NoRTON-juxTA-TwYCRoss (xxviii, 7). A straight length, 300 ft., of the 

 moat remains on the west side of the manor house. 



PECKLETON (xxxvi, 5). A rectangular moat surrounds the ancient 

 manor-house of the Moton family. 



RAGDALE, OR WREAKDALE (xix, 5). Portions of a narrow moat survive 

 round the north and south-east of the old hall of the Earls Ferrers. 



RATBY (xxx, 6). 'Old Hays,' an ancient house, is surrounded by a 

 perfect moat 20 ft. wide. 



RAVENSTONE WITH SNIBSTON (xxiii, 7). The whole of the moat may 

 be traced round Grange Farm ; but the south-west only is well defined. 



REDMILE (ii, 15). A dry moat by the side of the road from Barkestone 

 has been partially destroyed by the making of the thoroughfare. 



SCRAPTOFT (xxxii, 5). In a field near the present hall is a small moat 

 irregularly forming three parts of a circle. 



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