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56-553: Kibworth / ˈ k ɪ b w ər θ / is an area of the Harborough district of Leicestershire , England, that contains two civil parishes : the villages of Kibworth Beauchamp / ˈ b iː tʃ əm / and Kibworth Harcourt / ˈ h ɑːr k ɔːr t / . At the 2011 census, Kibworth Beauchamp had a population of 5,433 and Kibworth Harcourt 990. The villages are roughly divided by the Midland Main Line . Kibworth

112-497: A dissenting academy there and served as minister of a nearby Presbyterian chapel. The family moved in 1757 to Warrington . On 23 July 1825 the ancient tower and spire of St Wilfrid's collapsed. In September 2010, Kibworth was the central feature of Michael Wood's Story of England , a documentary aired on both BBC Four , BBC Two , and repeated on the UKTV channel Yesterday , and PBS America , presented by Michael Wood about

168-561: A 1 in 119 gradient from the south over 3 miles (4.8 km) takes the line to 340 feet (104 m) above sea level. This route opened for coal traffic on 15 April 1857, goods on 4 May, and passengers on 8 May. The section between Leicester and Bedford is still part of the Midland Main Line. While this took some of the pressure off the route through Rugby, the GNR insisted that passengers for London alight at Hitchin, buying tickets in

224-672: A parish council. 52°28′43″N 0°55′14″W  /  52.4785°N 0.9206°W  / 52.4785; -0.9206 Midland Main Line The Midland Main Line ( MML ), sometimes also spelt Midland Mainline , is a major railway line from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands . It comprises the lines from London's St Pancras station via Leicester , Derby / Nottingham and Chesterfield . Express passenger services on

280-501: A shortage of labour and finance, and only £900,000 (equivalent to £108,448,661 in 2023) was available for the construction, approximately £15,000 for each mile (equivalent to £1,807,478 in 2023. To reduce construction costs, the railway followed natural contours, resulting in many curves and gradients. Seven bridges and one tunnel were required, with 60 ft (18 m) cuttings at Desborough and Sharnbrook. There are also major summits at Kibworth, Desbrough and at Sharnbrook where

336-497: A site near Hallaton around 2002. The internationally important finds are exhibited at Harborough Museum . The Eyebrook Reservoir straddles along the Harborough District's border with the county of Rutland. The reservoir serves as a popular trout fishing area and bird watching area, with nearby Eye Brook Valley Woods as a beautiful and natural small forest area for walking. The Reservoir and woods are cared for by

392-461: A twice hourly commuter service from London St Pancras to Corby , which is branded as EMR Connect, using Class 360 Desiro electric trains. Thameslink provides frequent, 24-hour commuter services south of Bedford as part of its Thameslink route to London Bridge , Gatwick Airport , Brighton , and Sutton , using 8-car and 12-car electric Class 700 trains. CrossCountry runs an hourly service between Derby and Sheffield on its route between

448-619: Is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under no overall control since the 2023 election , being run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats , Labour and the Greens , led by Liberal Democrat councillor Phil Knowles. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1974 political control of

504-468: Is based at the Symington Building, located in the centre of Market Harborough. The building was originally a corset factory, built in 1884. The council purchased the building in 1980 and converted it to become its offices and meeting place, as well as providing a new library for the town. The building is also shared with Harborough Museum, the register office and Job Centre Plus. Situated in

560-425: Is close to Foxton Locks , Market Harborough , and Leicester . In 1270 Walter de Merton , the founder of Merton College, Oxford , bought a large part of the parish of Kibworth Harcourt from Saer de Harcourt, who had been forced to sell the estate after giving his support to the unsuccessful " Second Barons' War " led by Simon de Montfort . Much of the parish has remained the property of Merton College, Oxford to

616-541: Is expected to cost £1.3 billion. In November 2021 the Government announced its Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands which made a number of proposals for the Midland Main Line. These included a commitment to complete the stalled electrification work, an upgrade to digital signalling, and a connection to High Speed 2 . The latter would see a junction built south of East Midlands Parkway station rather than

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672-730: Is first recorded in print in 1848 in Bradshaw's railway almanack of that year. In 1849 it begins to be mentioned regularly in newspapers such as the Derby Mercury . In 1867, the Birmingham Journal uses the term to describe the new railway running into St Pancras railway station . In 1868, the term was used to describe the Midland Railway main route from North to South through Sheffield and also on routes to Manchester, Leeds and Carlisle. Under British Rail

728-543: Is host to Kibworth Rugby Stars, a children's rugby club serving ages 18 months to 6 years. The village also has clubs for snooker, tennis, golf, bowls and dance. The mill, a Grade 2* listed structure , last worked in the 1930s and until 1936 was owned by Merton College, Oxford , then ownership and responsibility was transferred to the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB). Restoration costing £350,000

784-714: Is located in the south west of the district. The village of Stanford-on-Avon is in Northamptonshire but the house and park are on the Leicestershire bank of the River Avon The Grand Union Canal (old) cuts across the district from Husbands Bosworth to Newton Harcourt with a spur to Market Harborough which leaves the Canal at Foxton . Hallaton Treasure : More than 5,000 silver and gold coins, around 2,000 years old, were found at

840-556: Is to be expanded. Ilkeston between Nottingham and Langley Mill was opened on 2 April 2017. Two new stations are planned: Some new stations have been proposed: Unlike the West Coast and East Coast Main Lines, the Midland Main Line has not been electrified along its full length. The line was electrified as far as Bedford in the early 1980s, but services relied on diesel traction beyond that. In 2011 work commenced to extend

896-702: The Beeching era , the lines to Buxton and via Millers Dale during most years presented an alternate (and competing) main line from London to Manchester, carrying named expresses such as The Palatine and the " Blue Pullman " diesel powered Manchester – London service (the Midland Pullman ). Express trains to Leeds and Scotland such as the Thames–Clyde Express mainly used the Midland's corollary Erewash Valley line , returned to it, and then used

952-714: The Buxton line who sought to monopolise on the West Coast Main Line . In 1870, the Midland Railway opened a new route from Chesterfield to Rotherham which went through Sheffield via the Bradway Tunnel . The mid-1870s, saw the Midland line extended northwards through the Yorkshire Dales and Eden Valley on what is now called the Settle–Carlisle Railway . Before the line closures of

1008-671: The Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket League (a designated ECB Premier League ) and a Women's team in the East Midlands Women's Cricket League. They also have an established junior training section that play competitive cricket in the Leicestershire Youth League. The association football club, previously known as Kibworth and Smeeton, was renamed in 2018 as Kibworth Town, merging the younger and senior teams together. Kibworth CE Primary School

1064-623: The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust and are SSSIs. The Harborough District has a long association with fox hunting and is the base for the Fernie Hunt. Although hunting wild animals with dogs has stopped following the Hunting Act 2004 , the Fernie Hunt continues to operate under the three principal exemptions to the Act - trail hunting , hound exercise and flushing coverts to a bird of prey . A historical account of fox hunting in

1120-547: The Settle–Carlisle line . Expresses to Edinburgh Waverley , such as The Waverley travelled through Corby and Nottingham. Most Leicester-Nottingham local passenger trains were taken over by diesel units from 14 April 1958, taking about 51 minutes between the two cities. When the Great Central Main Line closed in 1966, the Midland Main Line became the only direct main-line rail link between London and

1176-672: The West Midlands Trains ' Crewe – London Euston services, to cater for the growing commuter market. North Northamptonshire is a major growth area, with over 7,400 new homes planned to be built in Wellingborough and 5,500 new homes planned for Kettering. Highlights include: The Thameslink Programme has lengthened the platforms at most stations south of Bedford to 12-car capability. St Pancras, Cricklewood, Hendon, and Luton Airport Parkway were already long enough, but bridges at Kentish Town mean it cannot expand beyond

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1232-649: The history of England framed through Kibworth. A book of the same name was published by Viking . The series was likened to Who Do You Think You Are? for a whole community. Villagers (Kibworth Improvement Team - KiT) have created a new website and successfully requested a grant of £48,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to continue the legacy of the TV series by creating a Kibworth Guide Booklet (heritage trails for Kibworth Harcourt, Kibworth Beauchamp and Smeeton Westerby ), several interpretation panels around

1288-592: The A6 Market Harborough to Leicester Road forms the boundary between each. The lower pastoral landscape of South Leicestershire is found to the west of the A6 whilst the more undulating upland landscape of High Leicestershire is found to the east. South Leicestershire consists of gentler country around Lutterworth and Kibworth . Low hills swell out of shallow valleys and villages are pinpointed by church spires peeping above dark spinneys. Near Foxton and Gumley

1344-573: The East Midlands and parts of South Yorkshire . The Beeching cuts and electrification of the West Coast Main Line brought an end to the marginally longer London–Manchester service via Sheffield . In 1977, the Parliamentary Select Committee on Nationalised Industries recommended considering electrification of more of Britain's rail network , and by 1979 BR presented a range of options that included electrifying

1400-507: The Harborough District (when the hunt was known as Mr Fernie's Billesdon Hunt) is available in the book "Annals of the Billesdon hunt (Mr. Fernie's) 1856-1913 : notable runs and incidents of the chase, prominent members, celebrated hunters and hounds, amusing stories and anecdotes" by F. Palliser de Costobadie. Also see an earlier guide to the fox hunting country north of Market Harborough published in 1882. The Harborough Youth Council

1456-414: The Harborough District enabling them to fulfil their potential through sport and physical activity. Most of the district is covered by civil parishes . The pre-1974 urban district of Market Harborough is an unparished area . The parish council for Lutterworth has declared that parish to be a town, allowing it to take the style "town council". Many of the smaller parishes have a parish meeting rather than

1512-678: The High Street in 2009, won a regional award for Independent Bookseller of The Year in 2012. Kibworth is home to a secondary school named Kibworth Mead Academy. On the 8th of September 2024, a new skatepark was opened in Kibworth after being constructed over the course of the year. The skatepark joined a recently opened zipwire as one of the latest public leisure facilities in Kibworth. Arriva Midlands operates Sapphire route X3 between Leicester and Market Harborough and Stagecoach Midlands route X7 between Leicester and Northampton, both via

1568-600: The Laughton Hills tumble down to the Grand Union Canal and Welland Valley, forming one of the best landscapes in this part of the district. High Leicestershire consists of the tract of land between Market Harborough, Tilton On The Hill and towards Melton Mowbray and forms some of the loneliest countryside in the Midlands. Many villages were deserted centuries ago and remote hills such as Robin-a-Tiptoe in

1624-573: The London extension cost £9 million (equivalent to £1023 million in 2023). As traffic built up, the Midland Railway opened a new deviation just north of Market Harborough railway station on 26 June 1885 to remove the flat crossing of the Rugby and Stamford Railway . Plans by the Midland Railway to build a direct line from Derby to Manchester were thwarted in 1863 by the builders of

1680-742: The Midland Main Line are rising faster than the national average, with continued increases predicted. In 2006, the Strategic Rail Authority produced a Route Utilisation Strategy for the Midland Main Line to propose ways of meeting this demand; Network Rail started a new study in February 2008 and this was published in February 2010. After electrification, the North Northamptonshire towns (Wellingborough, Kettering, and Corby) are planned to have an additional 'Outer Suburban service' into London St Pancras, similar to

1736-667: The Midland Main Line from London to Yorkshire by 2000. By 1983, the line had been electrified from Moorgate to Bedford, but proposals to continue electrification to Nottingham and Sheffield were not implemented. The introduction of the High Speed Train ( HST ) in May 1983, following the Leicester area resignalling, brought about an increase of the ruling line speed on the fast lines from 90 miles per hour (145 km/h) to 110 miles per hour (177 km/h). Between 2001 and 2003,

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1792-588: The Midland Railway relied upon a junction at Rugby with the London and Birmingham Railway line for access to the capital at London Euston . By the 1850s, the junction at Rugby had become severely congested. The Midland Railway employed Thomas Brassey to construct a new route from Leicester to Hitchin via Kettering , Wellingborough , and Bedford giving access to London via the Great Northern Railway from Hitchin. The Crimean War resulted in

1848-621: The South West and North East, and twice-hourly services between Nottingham and Derby, continuing to Birmingham and Cardiff. Northern runs an hourly service from Leeds to Nottingham via Barnsley and Alfreton. TransPennine Express also operates in the Sheffield area. The cities, towns and villages served by the MML are listed below. Stations in bold have a high usage. This table includes the historical extensions to Manchester (where it linked to

1904-705: The West Coast Main Line) and Carlisle (via Leeds where it meets with the 'modern' East Coast Main Line). Network Rail groups all lines in the East Midlands and the route north as far as Chesterfield and south to London as route 19. The actual line extends beyond this into routes 10 and 11. Major civil engineering structures on the Midland Main Line include the following. Line-side train monitoring equipment includes hot axle box detectors (HABD) and wheel impact load detectors (WILD) ‘Wheelchex’, these are located as follows. For marketing and franchising, this

1960-429: The council has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 2000 have been: Following the 2023 election the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 34 councillors , representing 19 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. Harborough District Council

2016-561: The current 8-car platform length. West Hampstead Thameslink has a new footbridge and a new station building. In September 2014 the current Thameslink Great Northern franchise was awarded and trains on this route are currently operated by Thameslink . In 2018 the Thameslink network expanded when some Southern services merged into it. In 2013/14 Nottingham station was refurbished and the platforms restructured. As part of Wellingborough's Stanton Cross development, Wellingborough station

2072-453: The electrification, including to both Corby and Nottingham. Increasing costs initially saw this terminated at Kettering in 2017, but in 2021 work began on extending electrification to Market Harborough with plans to extend further to Sheffield. In May 2022, a briefing to contractors was released ahead of an invitation to tender for Midland Mainline Electrification project work to extend electrification to Nottingham and Sheffield. This scheme

2128-543: The largest in Leicestershire by area it is primarily rural in nature and its population density is relatively low. Population growth for the district is nonetheless healthy and is set out below: The principal centres of population (from 2011 Census) are Market Harborough (21,894), Lutterworth (9,353) and Broughton Astley (8,940) to the south of the district and county. There are four large villages of over 3,000 population - Kibworth (5,455); Fleckney (4,894); Great Glen (3,662) and Thurnby and Bushby (3,301) - these evidence

2184-708: The line are operated by East Midlands Railway (EMR). The line is electrified between St Pancras and Corby, and the section south of Bedford forms a branch of the northern half of the Thameslink network , with a semi-fast service to Brighton and other suburban services. A northern part of the route, between Derby and Chesterfield, also forms part of the Cross Country Route operated by CrossCountry . Tracks from Nottingham to Leeds via Barnsley and Sheffield are shared with Northern . East Midlands Railway also operates regional and local services using parts of

2240-669: The line between Derby and Sheffield was upgraded from 100 miles per hour (161 km/h) to 110 miles per hour (177 km/h) as part of Operation Princess, the Network Rail funded CrossCountry route upgrade. In January 2009, a new station, East Midlands Parkway , was opened between Loughborough and Trent Junction, to act as a park-and-ride station for suburban travellers from East Midlands cities and to serve nearby East Midlands Airport . Since then, 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) running has been introduced on extended stretches. Improved signalling, increased number of tracks, and

2296-589: The line. The Midland Main Line is undergoing a major upgrade of new digital signalling and full line electrification from London to Sheffield. High Speed 2 was planned to branch onto the Midland Main Line at East Midlands Parkway railway station . The Midland Main Line was built in stages between the 1830s and the 1870s. The earliest section was opened by the Midland Counties Railway between Nottingham and Derby on 4 June 1839. On 5 May 1840

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2352-464: The parish of Tilton peer out over pastures and the occasional farmhouse. The infant River Avon and River Welland form the southern border of the district with Northamptonshire with sources at Naseby and Sibbertoft respectively. Brampton Valley Way, the former Northampton to Market Harborough Railway, is now a car free 'linear' park. It provides a 14 mile long walking, cycling and, in parts, horse riding route. Despite Harborough District being

2408-578: The present day. There is a stained-glass window depicting Walter de Merton in the bell tower of the parish church, St Wilfrid's, of which the warden and scholars of the college are joint patrons with the Bishop of Leicester . The church is a Grade II* listed building. A village school was founded in 1709, and endowed by Sir Nathaniel Edwards. Kibworth Harcourt was the birthplace of the writer/reformer Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825) and her brother John Aikin . Their father, John Aikin (1713–1780), kept

2464-468: The previous plan of an East Midlands Hub further north on the Toton sidings. This will allow HS2 services to connect to both Derby and Nottingham city centres directly using the MML for access, which was a criticism of the previous HS2 eastern leg proposal. The term Midland Main Line has been used from the late 1840s to describe any route of the Midland Railway on which express trains were operated. It

2520-573: The revival of proposals to extend electrification from Bedford to Sheffield are underway. Much of this £70 million upgrade, including some line-speed increases, came online on 9 December 2013 (see below). Network Rail published a Route Utilisation Strategy for freight in 2007; over the coming years a cross-country freight route will be developed enhancing the Birmingham to Peterborough Line , increasing capacity through Leicester, and remodelling Syston and Wigston junctions. Traffic levels on

2576-518: The section of the route from Trent Junction to Leicester was opened. The line at Derby was joined on 1 July 1840 by the North Midland Railway to Leeds Hunslet Lane via Chesterfield , Rotherham Masborough , Swinton , and Normanton . On 10 May 1844 the North Midland Railway , the Midland Counties Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway merged to form the Midland Railway . Without its own route to London,

2632-550: The short time available, to catch a GNR train to finish their journey. James Allport arranged a seven-year deal with the GN to run into Kings Cross for a guaranteed £20,000 a year (equivalent to £2,410,000 in 2023). Through services to London were introduced in February 1858. This line met with similar capacity problems at Hitchin as the former route via Rugby, so a new line was constructed from Bedford via Luton to St Pancras which opened on 1 October 1868. The construction of

2688-682: The south of East Midlands but linking to Northamptonshire and the South East Region, and between the West Midland and East of England Region with access to three national transport routes - the M1 motorway the Midland Main Line railway and the A14 East West national trunk road, the district has always occupied an important strategic position. The landscape of the district comprises both pastoral and upland characters. Generally

2744-504: The term was used to define the route between St Pancras and Sheffield, but since then, Network Rail has restricted it in its description of Route 19 to the lines between St. Pancras and Chesterfield. The principal operator is East Midlands Railway , which operates four InterCity trains every hour from London St Pancras with two trains per hour to both Nottingham and Sheffield . EMR use Class 222 Meridian trains in various carriage formations for its InterCity services. EMR also operate

2800-475: The three villages, ongoing study materials for the three tiers of local schools, and an Archive (Virtual Museum). Kibworth has a number of shops including 2 charity shops, a community newspaper ( The Kibworth & District Chronicle ), and since 2002 new shops, including a branch of the Co-Op . New housing continues to be built on the edge of the village, causing periodic controversy. The Bookshop, which opened in

2856-623: The town of Lutterworth and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. In the north of the district it includes parts of the Leicester Urban Area , notably at Thurnby , Bushby and Scraptoft . Covering 230 square miles (600 km ), the district is the largest by area of the eight districts in Leicestershire and covers almost a quarter of the county. The neighbouring districts are Blaby , Oadby and Wigston , Leicester , Charnwood , Melton , Rutland , North Northamptonshire , West Northamptonshire and Rugby . The district

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2912-599: The transition from the relatively densely populated Leicester Urban Area into the countryside/farmland of rural Harborough. Other villages include Scraptoft (1,804), Houghton on the Hill (1,524), Husbands Bosworth (1,145), Great Bowden (1,017), Gilmorton (976), Ullesthorpe (903) and Billesdon (901). The District has 17 parishes with populations between 500 and 3,000, 40 parishes with populations between 100 and 500 and 28 parishes with populations of below 100 (mid-2004 population estimates). Stanford Hall, Leicestershire

2968-517: The village. The Midland Main Line runs through the area, but Kibworth railway station , which served both villages, closed in 1968. It's not clear when Kibworth Cricket Club was founded, but evidence of cricket being played in the villages dates back to 1846. The club moved to their new ground in 2006. Kibworth CC has a significant success record, with 13 County championship titles to their name and two ECB National Club Cricket Championship wins, in 2004 and 2008. Kibworth field four senior teams in

3024-471: Was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering the area of four former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: The new council was named Harborough, after its largest town of Market Harborough. Harborough District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Leicestershire County Council . Much of the district

3080-477: Was set up in 2007 to represent the views of young people (aged 13–19) and aims to improve life for young people. It holds a District Youth Conference each year where young people give their views in front of district councillors. The HYC meets usually once per month, and sends representatives to CYCLe (County Youth Council Leicestershire). The Harborough District Sport and Activity Alliance aims to make sport and physical activity accessible for all people throughout

3136-412: Was undertaken from 2020 to 2021. With parts dating from "at least 1711", it is the last surviving post mill in Leicestershire county. In birth order: Harborough District Harborough ( / ˈ h ɑːr b ər ə / ) is a local government district in Leicestershire , England. It is named after its main town, Market Harborough , which is where the council is based. The district also includes

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