Fenny Drayton is a small village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of 125 in 1931 and a rich Roman road heritage. It lies near the Warwickshire boundary, just off the A444, and is close to historical sites such as Stoke Golding.
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Fenny Drayton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherley, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. It lies near the Warwickshire boundary, three miles south‑east of Atherstone in the Coventry postcode area, just off the A444, the Roman Watling Street. Another Roman road crosses at the end of the scenic Fenn Lanes. The village is four miles from Stoke Golding, where Henry VII of England was crowned after the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. The reinterment of Richard III of England on 21 March 2015 started along Fenn Lanes, near the village. In 1931 the parish had a population of 125. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Witherley, parts also went to Hartshill, Mancetter and Caldecote. The name means “farm/settlement for portage” or “farm/settlement used as a dragging place”. “Fenny” reflects the fen‑like ground along the Roman road.