The church at Market Bosworth is dedicated to St. Peter. It has a tower containing five bells. There is evidence to show that there was a church there in the thirteenth century since there was a rector in 1221. However there are parts of the existing church that have been dated to the thirteenth century and other parts to the fourteenth century. There is also a large hexagonal font which is believed to have been built before c.1360. The year 1737 has been carved over the porch indicating that perhaps the porch was built at that time. Certainly there are records of extensive rebuilding and refurbishment throughout the nineteenth century.

Sources: White's Trade Directory, 1846; The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, J. Nichols; The Buildings of England, Leicestershire and Rutland, Niklaus Pevsner (revised by Elizabeth Williamson)

For a list of Rectors at St. Peter's Church, Market Bosworth, see Family History

St Peter's Church in 2005

View from the Chancel, looking West