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Shangton (Shankton)

Description in 1871:
"SHANGTON, a parish in Market-Harborough district, Leicester; 2¾ miles E N E of Kibworth r. station. Post-town, Leicester. Acres, 1,590. Real property, £1,969. Pop., 82. Houses, 16. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough Value, £360* Patron, Sir C E. Isham, Bart. The church was restored in 1851, and the chancel rebuilt in 1863."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72

Census

• The parish was in the Market Harborough sub-district of the Market Harborough Registration 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 is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
  
  
• The church dates back to the 13th century.
  
  
• The church was thoroughly restored in 1845-46.
  
  
• The church chancel was rebuilt in 1863.
  
  
• The church seats 100.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1580 for baptisms, 1581 for marriages and 1582 for burials.
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Gartree (second portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Market Harborough sub-district of the Market Harborough Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Shangton is a parish and a small village in a sequestered valley in Leicestershire, not far from Watling Street and close to the route of the old Roman Road that runs southeast out of Leicester. It is about 95 miles north of London, 8 miles southeast of Leicester city and 6 miles north of Market Harborough. Tur Langton parish lies to the south and Carlton Curlieu parish to the west. The parish covers 1,268 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, it is probably easiest to take the B6047 arterial road north out of Market Harborough. Shangton will be just off the road to the west.
  
  

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History

• About 3/4 of a mile from the church is where the "Grate Bush" court was formerly held.
  
  
• The parish was largely used for grazing land.
  
  

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Manors

• Shangton Hall was occupied by Joseph John BROWN in 1881.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 7196.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The place was an ancient parish of Leicester county as well as a Civil Parish.
  
  
• The parish is in the ancient Gartree Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Market Harborough Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1841	39
1871	101
1881	74
1891	77
1901	51
1911	42
1921	58
1931	43
1951	46
1961	47

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Schools

• There was a small school in the parish by 1881.
  
  
• By 1912, the children of this parish were attending school in nearby Church Langton.
  
  

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