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A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE HINCKLEY (xlii, 3) WYKIN HALL. Over a mile north-west from Hinckley, at the ancient manor-house of the earls of Leicester, granted to the nuns of Nuneaton by Robert Bossu, are the remains of a moat. The western side is loft, wide, the southern part is 24ft. wide and raft, deep, but it is incomplete, having been partly filled in. HUNGERTON (xxxii, 7). In Quenby Park is a small irregular square moat. HUNGERTON (xxxii, 10.) A small circular dry moat is in a field to the south-west of the great Ingarsby moat. LOUGHBOROUGH (xvii, 12). The ' Moat House ' is girt by a stream and two sides of a rectangular moat ; the latter, which lies on the north and east sides of the house, is 2 1 ft. at its widest part, but it is of no great depth, the banks being only 3 ft. deep. MARKET BOSWORTH (xxix, 15). In Bosworth Park are the south and east sides of a moat of considerable size. MARKFIELD (xxiv, 6). A small circular moat west of Copt Oak Wood. MEDBOURNE (xlvi, 1 1). The parish church was formerly surrounded by a moat. NETHER BROUGHTON (xii, 7). The north-east angle of a moat remains in a field south-west of The Grange. NEVILL HOLT (xlvi, 4). On the site of the Augustinian House of Bradley Priory is a straight dry moat 600 ft. long. NEWBOLD VERDON (xxix, 16). Adjacent to the ancient hall is a terrace which descends to the level of the moat which incloses the other three sides of a quadrangle. The width of the moat is 28 ft. The banks on the north- west and south-west descend to a lower level, and the ground generally falls away from the hall. A number of ponds on this lower land has suggested an outer and more extensive moat ; but it is more probable that they are to receive the overflow from the moat, and arrest the swamping of the lowlands. NEW PARKS (xxxi, 5). 'Bird's Nest Moat' is a very perfect quad- rangular moat of considerable depth, supposed to mark the site of ' The Bird's Nest,' a reputed hunting box of John of Gaunt. NEWTOWN LINFORD (xxiv, 16). The moat of Bradgate Hall may yet be traced, and its fishponds remain. NoRTON-juxTA-TwYCRoss (xxviii, 7). A straight length, 300 ft., of the moat remains on the west side of the manor house. PECKLETON (xxxvi, 5). A rectangular moat surrounds the ancient manor-house of the Moton family. RAGDALE, OR WREAKDALE (xix, 5). Portions of a narrow moat survive round the north and south-east of the old hall of the Earls Ferrers. RATBY (xxx, 6). 'Old Hays,' an ancient house, is surrounded by a perfect moat 20 ft. wide. RAVENSTONE WITH SNIBSTON (xxiii, 7). The whole of the moat may be traced round Grange Farm ; but the south-west only is well defined. REDMILE (ii, 15). A dry moat by the side of the road from Barkestone has been partially destroyed by the making of the thoroughfare. SCRAPTOFT (xxxii, 5). In a field near the present hall is a small moat irregularly forming three parts of a circle. 264