In the late summer of 1644, Parliamentary troops travelling from Leicester were intercepted by Royalists at Costock. Local tradition says that the attack was made near the little stream between Rempston and Costock, the Warrills and Brickley Hill. A communal burial of 5, outside Costock churchyard, may be connected with the encounter. E Leake church register records the burial of 3 Royalist and 2 Parliamentary soldiers slain in a skirmish in the Lordship 17/09/1644. (1)
This was almost certainly a fluid cavalry action (this was a cavalry area); a precise siting for the centre of the fracas cannot now be determined. (2)
Grid ref approx - not drawn on map.

<1> Thoroton Society, 1902, TTS, pp 30-1 (Published document). SNT329.

<2> Colquhoun FD, 1975, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT583.