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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]
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Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of St. Peter's porch with the graveyard just beyond on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2013.
- 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 and Volume 7 covers the Measham subdistrict.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
YearPiece No. 1851 H.O. 107 / 2084 1861 R.G. 9 / 2267 1871 R.G. 10 / 3243 1891 R.G. 12 / 2508
- It is reported that a Saxon church probably existed here before the Norman Conquest, but no trace of it now exists.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
- The build date for the church is uncertain, but appears to be in the 14th century.
- The chancel was rebuilt in 1869 and the churchyard extended.
- In 1870 the south porch was rebuilt.
- The church seats 500.
- Angela STRELUK has a photograph of Swepstone's church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2005.
- 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 north-west of Market Bosworth and 4 miles south-west 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.
- J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2019.
- Stop in at the Village Hall as photographed by David ROGERS on Geo-graph, taken in 2008. Stop in and ask for a schedule of forth-coming events.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Swepstone to another place.
- 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.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK367105 (Lat/Lon: 52.691055, -1.457748), Swepstone which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
There is a War Memorial plaque associated with the recast bells of St Peter's Church.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Leicester and it became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- 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.
- You may contact the local Swepstone Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
- District governance is provided by the North West Leicestershire District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Ashby-de-la-Zouch petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, Swepstone became part of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Poorlaw Union.