Stoke Golding lies in the heart of England, on the South Western
edge of Leicestershire, close to the Warwickshire border. Within
two miles is the market town of Hinckley and 16 miles away is the
City of Leicester.
As you will see from the sign this village has a most unusual
claim to fame, in that in 1485 the people of the village witnessed
the rural coronation of the first Tudor monarch, Henry VII. His
defeat of the last of the Plantagenets, King Richard III, at the
Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Wars of the Roses
and heralded the accession to the throne of three Tudor Kings and
two Queens, culminating in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
In the early part of the last century Stoke Golding was a small
village, self-sufficient in every way, with small factories making
a variety of wares, including socks, stockings and shoes. A number
of small shops, now mostly gone, served the community, as did three
public houses. Goods could be brought to and from the village
either by the Ashby canal, or the railway which connected Stoke
Golding to Nuneaton, Coalville and the North.
Nowadays, the village shops have been reduced to one, although
the three pubs and Stoke Golding Club remain. The railway has long
since gone and the canal is now used purely for recreational
purposes. Congratulations to OnlyMeUK on the first to find.