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Packington

Description in 1871:
"PACKINGTON, a village and a parish in the district of Ashby-de-la-Zouch; the parish chiefly in Leicestershire, but partly in Derbyshire. The village stands ¾ of a mile E of the boundary with Derbyshire, and 1¼ S of Ashby-de-la-Zouch r. station; and has a post-office under Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The parish contains also the hamlet of Snibston, and part of the chapelry of Coalville; and comprises 2,020 acres in Leicestershire, and 340 in Derbyshire. Real property, £24,488; of which £18,502 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1,294; in 1861, 1,190. Houses, 242. The decrease of pop. was caused by migration ofcolliers. Pop. of the Derbyshire portion, 252. Houses, 57. The manor belongs to Lady Edith Hastings. The land and collieries of Snibston belong to a colliery company. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £330.* Patron, Lady Edith Hastings. The church is early English; has, at different times, been partly rebuilt; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. A very old chapel is in Snibston; and there are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a free school, and charities £59."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]

Census

• The parish was in the the Whitwick subdistrict of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch district.
  
  
• The 1851 census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church for Packington is dedicated to the Holy Rood.
  
  
• The church building apparently dates from at least 1220.
  
  
• This chancel was restored in 1908.
  
  
• The church seats 300.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1683 for baptisms and 1677 for burials.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Akeley (western division).
  
  
• The Weslyean Methodists had a chapels built here in 1906.
  
  
• The Baptists had a chapel built here before 1912.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the the Whitwick subdistrict of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch district.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Packington is a village and a parish 17 miles northwest of Leicester and 1.5 miles south of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The parish covers 1,909 acres, but had covered 2.396 acres in 1891.

The village is in a fertile valley on a stream that feeds into the Soar River. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, pick up the A512 just east of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Head toward Loughborough. After you cross the A447, Packington is just off to the left.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 3614
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• Packington was not established as a Civil Parish until 1866.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient West Goscote Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• The parish was in mostly in Leicestershire and partly in Derbyshire.
  
  
• In March, 1884, this parish was reduced in size to enlarge Ravenstone parish with the hamlet of Snibstone.
  
  
• In April, 1936, this parish was reduced by 487 acres to enlarge Ashby de la Zouch.
  
  
• You can visit the Parish Council web site, but they will NOT do family history lookups for you.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, Packington became part of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School (National School) was built here in 1893 to hold 130 students.
  
  

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