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Packington

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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 Rood, 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.”

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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Archives & Libraries

The Swadlincote Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Census

  • The parish was in the the Whitwick sub-district of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Registration District.
     
  • The 1851 census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society (link is external). The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
     
  • These are the Census Piece Numbers where known:
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2084
1861R.G. 9 / 2271
1871R.G. 10 / 3250
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to The Holy Rood.
     
  • The church building apparently dates from at least 1220.
     
  • The church chancel was restored in 1908.
     
  • See also the Leicestershire Church History for Packington.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the the Whitwick sub-district of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch registration district.
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Description & Travel

"PACKINGTON is a parish, partly in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and partly in the western division of the hundred of Goscote, county of Leicester. The village, which is about a mile and three quarters S. by E. from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, contains the parish church, dedicated to the Holy Rood; the living of which is a vicarage, in the patronage of Sir Charles Abney Hastings, Bart. The parish contained, (including the hamlet of Snibstone), in the year 1831, 730 persons."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

NOTE: See also the Leicestershire entry.

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK361146 (Lat/Lon: 52.727845, -1.466887), Packington which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • This Derbyshire portion of this parish was in the ancient Repton and Gresley Hundred (or Wapentake).
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Probate Records

The DRO has the probate of Sarah Everard of Packington from 1858.

They also hold a copy of the Will of William WARD from 1861.