Sharnford Leicestershire Family History Guide
Sharnford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1595
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1566
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Aston Flamville
- Frolesworth
- Copston Magna Warwickshire
- Wibtoft Warwickshire
- Wigston Parva
- Sapcote
- Claybrooke
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHARNFORD, a parish, with a village, in Hinckley district, Leicester; on the river Soar and the Fosse way, 3 miles NNW of Ullesthorpe r. station, and 4 ESE of Hinckley. Post-town, Hinckley. Acres, 740. Real property, £3, 629. Pop., 589. Houses, 130. The property is much subdivided. Frame-work knitting is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £450. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was restored in 1866. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £9.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Leicestershire
- Civil Registration District: Hinckley
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Guthlaxton
- Poor Law Union: Hinckley
- Hundred: Sparkenhoe
- Province: Canterbury