Markfield
Markfield is a traveler town in both the National Forest and also Charnwood Forest and in the Hinckley and also Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The settlement dates back to at the very least the time of the Norman conquest and is discussed in the Domesday Book under the name Merchenefeld. A variation of this is still made use of as the name for the village primary school, Mercenfeld. It is to the south-east of Junction 22 of the M1, as well as to the south of the A50. The highest point in Markfield is shown on OS sheet 129 at 222 metres over water level. Neighboring places are Newtown Linford, Groby, Field Head, and also Stanton under Bardon. In the 1841 census its population was recorded at 1,203. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 5681. Markfield is within the LE67 postcode area. In 2012 Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council published a review of Markfield conservation area.