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Shackerstone, a township and a parish in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester. The township lies 3 miles NW of Market-Bosworth, and 5 W by S of Badgworth r. station; and has a postal pillar-box under Atherstone. Acres, 1,920. Real property, £1,930. Pop., 278. Houses, 62. The parish contains also Odstone hamlet, and comprises 2,653 acres. Pop., 462. Houses, 100. The manor belongs to Earl Howe. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £150. Patron, Earl Howe. The church is old but good. There are an endowed school with £17 a-year, and charities £8.

Sharnford, a parish, with a village, in Hinckley district, Leicester; on the river Soar and the Fosse way, 3 miles NNW of Ullesthorpe r. station, and 4 ½ ESE of Hinckley. Post-town, Hinckley. Acres, 740. Real property, £3,629. Pop., 589. Houses, 130. The property is much subdivided. Frame-work knitting is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £450. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was restored in 1866. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £9.

Shangton, a parish in Market-Harborough district, Leicester; 2 ¾ miles ENE 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.

Sheepy-Parva, a parish in the district of Atherstone and county of Leicester; 3 ½ miles NE of Atherstone r. station. Post-town, Sheepy, under Atherstone. Aires, 600. Real property, £1,109. Pop., 114. Houses, 26. The manor belongs to Sir T. W. Blomefield, Bart. The living is a rectory, annexed to Sheepy-Magna.

Sheepy-Magna, a village and a parish in the district of Atherstone and county of Leicester. The village stands 3 miles NE by N of Atherstone r. station; and has a post-office, of the name of Sheepy, under Atherstone. The parish includes Ratcliffe-Culey chapelry, and comprises 2,820 acres. Real property, £5,794. Pop., 647. Houses, 154. The property is subdivided. S. Hall is the seat of C. Lowe, Esq.; and Pinwell, of J. Wood, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with Ratcliffe-Culey and Sheepy-Parva, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £1.040. Patron, the Rev. T. Fell. The church is partly Norman. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £25.

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