Swepstone
Description in 1871:
"SWEPSTONE, a parish, with a village and two hamlets, in Ashby-de-la-Zouch district, Leicester; 4 miles S by E of Ashby-de-la-Zouch r. station. It has a post-office under Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Acres, 2,287. Real property, £4,475. Pop., 566. houses, 137. The manor belongs to J. Gurdon, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with Snareston, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £1,050.* Patron, the Rev. W.Hodgson. The church is ancient, and has a tower of 1842. There are Independent, Wesleyan, and Primitive Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £95."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales", 1870-72]
- The parish was in the Measham subdistrict of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch 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 Anglican parish church for Swepstone is dedicated to Saint Peter.
- The build date for the church is uncertainy.
- The chancel was rebuilt in 1869.
- The church seats 500.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1515.
- The church is in the rural deanery of West Akeley.
- The Primitive Methodists and the Wesleyan Methodists each had a chapel in Newton Bergoland hamlet prior to 1849.
- The Independents had a chapel built in Newton Bergoland in 1807.
- The parish was in the Measham subdistrict of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Registration District.
- Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
Swepstone is a small village and a parish 120 miles north of London, just 5.5 miles northwest of Market Bosworth and 4 miles southwest of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The parish covers 2,318 acres and includes the hamlets of Newton Burgoland and Newton Nethercote.
A small brook called the Mease runs through the parish to join the River Sence. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A447 to Ibstock and turn west onto the B586. Follow that for about a mile and a half to Swepstone.
- The web page author could find no description of Swepstone Hall.
- Swepstone Hall was the residence of Herbert David Paul KITCAT in 1912.
- There is a Manor House in Swepstone, but again, the web page author could find no description of it.
- The national grid reference is SK 3610
- 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.
- in 1881, the parish covered 2,287 acres. By 1891, that had increased to 2,318 acres.
- The parish was in the ancient West Goscote Hundred in the western division of the county.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
614 |
| 1871 |
556 |
| 1881 |
526 |
| 1891 |
509 |
| 1901 |
525 |
| 1911 |
570 |
| 1921 |
630 |
| 1931 |
629 |
| 1951 |
501 |
| 1961 |
505 |
- A Public Elementary School was built in Newton Burgoland hamlet in 1873 to hold 100 children.
- A Public Elementary School (National School) was built at Newton Nethercote in 1843 to accomodate 48 children.
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[Created: 29-July-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
