Markfield

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Markfield
Main Street, Markfield
Markfield Location within Leicestershire
Population	5,681 [1]
OS grid reference	SK488103
Civil parish	Markfield
District	Hinckley and Bosworth
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MARKFIELD
Postcode district	LE67
Dialling code	01530
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Bosworth
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°41′16″N 1°16′39″W / 52.687802°N 1.277510°W / 52.687802; -1.277510

Markfield is a large village in both the National Forest and Charnwood Forest and in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The settlement dates back to at least the time of the Norman conquest and is mentioned in Domesday Book under the name Merchenefeld. A variant of this is still used as the name for the village primary school, Mercenfeld. It is to the south-east of Junction 22 of the M1, and to the south of the A50. The highest point in Markfield is shown on OS sheet 129 at 222 metres above sea level. Nearby places are Newtown Linford, Groby, Field Head, and Stanton under Bardon. In the 1841 census its population was recorded at 1,203.^[2] In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 5681.^[1] In 2012 Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council published an overview of Markfield conservation area.^[3]