The Mythe
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The Mythe is a house built on the top of a hill overlooking the town of Tewkesbury, England. There has been a house on the site for nearly a thousand years. The Mythe is the name of the house but it also the name of the surrounding area, about 4 square miles. The main road going through it is the A38 or the "Mythe Road".
The house now standing on the plot is an early Georgian house that was built in 1753. This house was later bought by the Marquis de Lis. The Marquis' emblem of the Fleur de Lis was later incorporated into the crest of the French royal family. When he bought it he had a Gothic facade put on the front and the sides of the building. He later added a servants' quarters on the back.
Mythe in Old English means the joining of two rivers. There is The Mythe located in the Parish of Sheepy on the Warwickshire and Leicestershire border. At The Mythe where the rivers Sence and Anchor join there is an area marked on the map as "King Dicks Hole" reputedly where King Richard III watered his horses before the Battle of Bosworth Field. According to some historians including Micheal K Jones who wrote the book "Psychology of a Battle - Bosworth 1485" The Battle of Bosworth actually took place around Atherstone with Henry Tudor camping at Merevale Hall and Richard III camping at "The Mythe" where a farm is now situated. At The Mythe now there is a sheep and arable farm that has also diversified into Bed & Breakfast, Equine Cross Country and Fishing as well as running Team Building and Corporate Entertainment Events
