Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Hinckley And Bosworth
- Town
- Sutton Cheney, near Market Bosworth
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Wars of the Roses (1455-1487)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58484
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Current location
Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park
Sutton Cheney
near Market Bosworth
Hinckley And Bosworth
Leicestershire
CV13 0AD
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 40325 00054
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Private Land
Shenton
Hinckley And Bosworth
Leicestershire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Private Land
- Description
- Rough hewn Stone of Remembrance with plaque attached to front face. An additional plaque is mounted at ground level at front.
- Inscription
- Plaque mounted on stone: RICHARD, THE LAST/ PLANTAGENET KING OF/ ENGLAND WAS SLAIN HERE/ 22ND AUGUST 1485 Plaque at foot of stone: KING RICHARD'S STONE/ THIS STONE WAS ORIGINALLY ERECTED NEAR SHENTON IN 1974, AS THIS WAS THOUGHT/ TO BE THE SITE OF SANDEFORD, WHERE RICHARD III IS SAID TO HAVE DIED DURING/ THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH ON 22ND AUGUST 1485./ IN 2009, AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF CAREFUL STUDY AND EXTENSIVE FIELDWORK, THE/ TRUE SITE OF THE BATTLE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE AREA AROUND MILL LANE AND/ THE FENN LANE ROMAN ROAD. THE LIKELY SITE OF SANDEFORD, CLOSE TO A PROVEN/ MEDIEVAL MARSH AND THE FINDSPOT OF THE BOSWORTH BOAR BADGE IS ON PRIVATE/ LAN 2.5KM TO THE SOUTH WEST OF AMBION HILL./ THE STONE HAS BEEN MOVED HERE TO ALLOW BETTER AND SAFER PUBLIC ACCESS/ TO IT AND TO ALLOW THE FIELD AT SHENTON TO BE RETURNED TO AGRICULTURAL USE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Wars of the Roses (1455-1487)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, rank, place of death, date of death.
Order of information: Undefined
- Wars of the Roses (1455-1487)
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Stone of remembrance
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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