Sir Wolstan Dixie, 4th Baronet

[1] He had a reputation for being a pugnacious bully, with a penchant for using his fists to settle any dispute, which often set him at odds with his neighbours and even ex-employees.

[5] An anecdote was told about his violent encounter with a neighbouring squire who objected to Dixie barring access to a footpath across his land.

Another local story is that Sir Wolstan allegedly appointed his butler as headmaster of the Dixie Grammar School to prove to people that he could do anything he wanted to, and nobody could stop him.

A more disturbing (unattributed) local legend (in various versions) is the following: "But in 1758 tragedy finally resulted from one of Sir Wolstan's ill-conceived actions.

He heard that his daughter Anne was surreptitiously meeting a young man in Bosworth Park and resolved to put a stop to the liaison.