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,
Newtown Linford conservation area in 1972, and there are 32 listed buildings in the village which include the old style red telephone box. There is one pub in the village - The Bradgate and one Club The Linford. There is a primary school which celebrated its centenary in 2007, and various restaurants (including Gibson's Grey Lady). In 2008 the Louis Scott Restaurant opposite the Park gates changed ownership and became the Village Restaurant putting it in the same family ownership as Gibson's Grey Lady Restaurant. The Johnscliffe Hotel was demolished a few years ago to make way for housing. Bradgate Park attracts