page_title: Bittesby
hierarchical_section_title: Bittesby
caption_attribution_description: English: Bittesby, site of medieval village Viewed from former railway embankment north of A5 looking across fields towards outskirts of Magna Park. Foreground shows large areas of new trees being grown (as woods). Immediately above new trees ahead is site of Bittesby village.
context_page_description: 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 Great Central Railway. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 6.
  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 village is a scheduled ancient monument.
context_section_description: 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 Great Central Railway. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 6.
  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 village is a scheduled ancient monument.
caption: Site of medieval village - photographed in November 2009
exif: {}