Bittesby

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title: "Bittesby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["deserted-medieval-villages-in-leicestershire", "former-civil-parishes-in-leicestershire", "harborough-district", "scheduled-monuments-in-leicestershire"] description: "Former civil parish in Leicestershire, England" topic_path: "general/deserted-medieval-villages-in-leicestershire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittesby" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Former civil parish in Leicestershire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Bittesby
civil_parish	Bitteswell with Bittesby
country	England
region	East Midlands
coordinates
shire_district	Harborough
shire_county	Leicestershire
hide_services	Yes
static_image	Bittesby, site of medieval village - geograph.org.uk - 1614408.jpg
static_image_caption	Site of medieval village - photographed in November 2009
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| official_name= Bittesby | civil_parish = Bitteswell with Bittesby | country= England | region= East Midlands |coordinates = | os_grid_reference= | post_town= | postcode_area= | postcode_district= | dial_code= | constituency_westminster = | shire_district= Harborough | shire_county= Leicestershire | hide_services= Yes | population = | population_ref = | area_total_km2= |static_image=Bittesby, site of medieval village - geograph.org.uk - 1614408.jpg |static_image_caption=Site of medieval village - photographed in November 2009 |website= Bittesby is a deserted village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bitteswell with Bittesby, in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is near the A5 Watling Street, about three miles from Lutterworth. The site of the village was adjacent to the route of the now disused Midland Railway. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 6.

The name 'Bittesby' means 'farm/settlement of Byttel'.

Bittesby was recorded in the Domesday Book as having 25 families resident. The village was depopulated in 1494. Hollow ways and house platforms remain on the site today. To the north of the site is an area of faced stonework, indicating the site of a chapel.

The deserted medieval village of Bittesby was identified in 1945 by Maurice Beresford. It is a scheduled ancient monument.

Bittesby was formerly a liberty in Claybrooke parish, from 1866 Bittesby was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 2014 and merged with Bitteswell to form "Bitteswell with Bittesby".

References

References

1. "Key to English Place-names".
2. "Bittesby | Domesday Book".
3. link. (11 June 2007)
4. (22 December 2005). "Obituary: Maurice Beresford". The Guardian.
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6. "History of Bittesby, in Harborough and Leicestershire". A Vision of Britain through Time.
7. "Relationships and changes Bittesby ParLib/CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
8. "Leicestershire Registration District". UKBMD.

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