PACKINGTON, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"PACKINGTON, a parish chiefly in the hundred of West Goscote, county Leicester, but partly in the hundred of Repton, county Derby, 1½ mile S.E. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, its post town, and 17 miles N.W. of Leicester. The village, which is of large extent, and chiefly agricultural, was formerly a market town. The parish comprises the chapelry of Snibston. A portion of the inhabitants are employed in the collieries. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £258.

The church, dedicated to the Holy hood, is an ancient structure, with a tower containing four bells. The church has been restored at different periods. There is also a chapel-of-ease at Snibston. The parochial charities produce about £59 per annum. There are a free school, and a National school for children of both sexes. The Wesleyans and Baptists have each a place of worship. Packington House is the principal residence."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]