In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shangton like this:
SHANGTON, a parish in Market-Harborough district, Leicester; 2¾ miles E N E 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.
Shangton through time
Shangton is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shangton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shangton, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11263
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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