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,
Sheet Hedges Wood and privet. Between the two woodland blocks, the fields have had some broadleaved tree planting, and encouragement of natural regeneration. An area of meadow is also managed as a wildflower hay meadow. The wood and meadow are managed by Leicestershire County Council. Less than south is Groby Pool, an area of natural open water, with its own car park. north, accessed via a footpath or Groby Lane, is Bradgate Park, a large deer park and open public space. Sheet Hedges Wood Sheet Hedges Wood is in the parish of Newtown Linford, and lies some north of Groby, in Leicestershire, UK.