Newtown Linford relocation of people when the Ferrers family of Groby turned Bradgate into a deer park. The people who lived within the estate were moved to the "New Town" - or hamlet as it would have been then, at the ford of the river Lin (once located at the junction of Markfield Lane and Main Street). The village was first documented in 1293 and was previously known as "Lyndynford". The villagers were all tenants of the Ferrers family, and later the Grey family. The village is famous for Bradgate Park, a large country park which was home to Lady Jane Grey,
Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford Enville in Staffordshire from a distant relative. In 1720, Henry succeeded as Earl of Stamford on the death of his first cousin, Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford. He then inherited the Grey estates at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, thus uniting the two Grey estates. Subsequently, he chose to live at Enville, allowing the Bradgate Park house to fall into disrepair. On his death, he was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Henry Grey. Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford (10 June 1685 – 16 November 1739), was an English peer. He