Development of the site was granted to William, Lord Hastings by Edward IV in 1474 for "crenellation and emparkment of 2000 acres of land" along with the castle developments at Ashby de la Zouche and Kirby Muxloe but there is no indication of any building by Hastings on the site prior to his execution by Richard III in 1483.

[4] The then Viscount Maynard had the first shaft of Bagworth Colliery sunk in 1828 and, initially, the coal was carried to Leicester by road.

There the coal was raised, washed, and transported by train back along a branch line to interchange sidings next to the site of Bagworth and Ellistown station.

In 1980 the branch line from Nailstone colliery was replaced by a conveyor belt which transported the coal to a rapid loader to the north of the site of Bagworth and Ellistown station.

In 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a £49 million proposal to restore passenger services to the line that would include reopening a station at Bagworth.

[9] The Chapel of the Holy Rood, Bagworth was a dependent chapelry of the parish church of Saint Peter, Thornton.

They were replaced with a new modern church building that is unusual in being built of CLASP prefabricated concrete panels.

It was closed in 2008 due to a fire[citation needed] and has since been demolished to make way for development of a shop and houses.