Bitteswell, Leicestershire

Description
Bitteswell, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, near Watling Street, 1 mile NNW of Lutterworth, and 2 miles ESE of Ullesthorpe station on the M.R., with a post office under Lntterworth, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1820; population, 330. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £293 with residence. Patrons, the Haberdashers' Company and Christ's Hospital, London, alternately. The church is an old building dating from the middle of the 14th century in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles. It was restored in 1881-82. The village has some valuable charities, which include six almshouses and an endowed school. Bitteswell Hall, Bitteswell Lodge, the manor house and Bitteswell House are the country seats in this parish.