Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHEARSBY

SHEARSBY, a chapelry, with a village, in Knaptoft parish, Leicester; 4 miles S S W of Glen r. station, and 6¾ N E of Lutterworth. It has a post-office under Rug-by, an inn, and a mineral spring. Real property, £2, 411. Pop., 306. Houses, 73. The living is annexed to Knap-toft. The church is good, and serves for the entire parish.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Knaptoft Tn/CP/AP       Shearsby Tn/CP/Ch       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Shearsby

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