Shawell (Shaduxle)
Description in 1871:
"SHAWELL, a parish, with a village, in Lutterworth district, Leicester; 1¾ mile N N W of Lilbourne r. station, and 3 S of Lutterworth. Post-town, Rugby. Acres, 1,407. Real property, 2,460. Pop., 205. Houses, 47. The property is much subdivided. Roman bricksand tiles have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £400. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1866. There are an endowed school with £20 a year, alms-houses for six persons, and other charities £34."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-1872
- The parish was in the Lutterworth sub-district of the Lutterworth 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:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2248 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The church dates from before 1558.
- The church was restored and largely rebuilt in 1865-66.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
- The church is in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (second portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Lutterworth sub-district of the Lutterworth Registration District.
Shawell is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. It is 86.5 miles north of London and borders on Warwickshire along Watling Street. Catthorpe parish is to the south-east and Cotesbach parish to the north-west. Leicester city is 16 miles to the north. Shawell Brook rises in the parish to the east of the village and flows to the River Avon near Newton in Warwickshire. The parish covers 1,424 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the village lies about a mile between the arms of the V formed by the M1 and the M6 motorways. It is also at the junction of the A5 and the A426, so you have several choices for your drive.
- Just off the A5, west of the village, is the site of the Roman town of Tripontium ("three bridges").
- The nearest train service is probably in Rugby.
- There is mention of a Manor House in the Directory of 1912.
- The national grid reference is SP 5480.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish of Leicestershire and a modern Civil Parish as well.
- The parish is in the ancient Guthlaxton Hundred in the southern division of the county.
- In April, 1935, in order to smooth the parish boundaries along the border with Warwickshire (Watling Road), the parish was reduced in size by 28 acres to enlarge Churchover Civil Parish in Warwick. An additional 18 acres were given to Newton and Biggin Civil Parish in Warkwick.
- The Common Land was enclosed here in 1665.
- The parish had six almshouses for poor men in 1849.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Lutterworth Poorlaw Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
203 |
| 1871 |
205 |
| 1881 |
205 |
| 1891 |
172 |
| 1901 |
138 |
| 1911 |
173 |
| 1921 |
181 |
| 1931 |
158 |
| 1951 |
154 |
| 1961 |
150 |
- There was a school endowed here in 1604 by Mr. John ELKINGTON. The children of Newton, Warwickshire, attended this school, also.
- A "dame" School was founded here in 1730 by the Rev. Edward SHERRIER.
- Both these schools were combined and replaced by a new school building built in 1871.
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[Last updated: 13-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
