Swepstone, Leicestershire Family History Guide
Swepstone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Snarestone is a chapelry of Swepstone.
Other places in the parish include: Newton Burgoland, Newton Burgoland with Nethercote, and Newton Nethercote.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1561
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SWEPSTONE, a parish, with a village and two hamlets, in Ashby-de-la-Zouch district, Leicester; 4 miles S by E of Ashby-de-la-Zouch r. station. It has a post-office under Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Acres, 2,287. Real property, £4,475. Pop., 566. houses, 137. The manor belongs to J. Gurdon, Esq.
The living is a rectory, united with Snareston, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £1,050. Patron, the Rev. W. Hodgson. The church is ancient, and has a tower of 1842. There are Independent, Wesleyan, and Primitive Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £95.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Leicestershire
- Civil Registration District: Ashby de la Zouch
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Akeley
- Poor Law Union: Ashby de la Zouch
- Hundred: West Goscote
- Province: Canterbury