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Cadeby Parish Council

About Cadeby

Cadeby (pronounced kayd-bee) is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, about 6 miles north of Hinckley, close to the historic town of Market Bosworth. According to the 2021 census it had a population of 230.

Small but beautiful, Cadeby is in a conservation area and is renowned locally for its annual Church Fete held on the last Saturday of July or first Saturday of August in aid of All Saints Church.                                        

Cadeby's  best known resident was the late Revd Teddy Boston, Rector of Cadeby from 1959 until his death in 1986 and founder of the Cadeby Light Railway. Mr Boston was a great friend of the Revd Wilbert Awdry and was the inspiration for the character of the Fat Clergyman who appears in two of Awdry's Thomas the Tank Engine books.

 

The site of the BATTLE OF BOSWORTH in 1485 is just a few miles south west of the village. This is where Richard III became the last reigning monarch to be killed in battle, Henry VII took the crown and the Tudor

                                                     

Dynasty was founded. A Visitor Centre at Sutton Cheney - the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre is well worth a visit, and is becoming increasingly popular following the recent discovery of the remains of Richard III under a car park in nearby Leicester.

For more information including documents, images and film of Cadeby and Teddy Boston visit the Gallery pages on the

Cadeby Village website.

For headstone names dating back to 1702 and a location map of All Saints' churchyard Cadeby go to 

Churchyard Survey.

 Enquiries regarding Church Hall bookings can be made via email to Ian Smith of the Cadeby Community Trust:

 Ian.Smith1953@hotmail.com

 

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