SHENTON SHILTON (EARL). 601

SHEEPY (P ARVA) is a parish and village distant 3~ miles from Atherstone; in the south division of the county, hundred of Sparkenhoe, union of .A.therstone, county court district of Market Bosworth, diocese of Peterborough, archdeaconry of Leicester, and rural deanery of Sparkenhoe. The parish is united ecclesiastically with Sheepy (Magna). The parish contains 588 acres of land, of which the chief owner is the Rev. Sir T. W. Bloomfield, Bart., and also lord of the manor. The population is about 100. Letters arrive at 5 a.m., are dispatched at 9 p.m. The :tlearest money-order and telegraph office and post-town is Atherstone. Brown Arthur, farmer Stafford Robert, farmer Leake Isaa.c, miller Wilson Charles, farmer . Leake Thomas, farmer and landowner SHENTON is a chapelry and village distant two miles from Market Bosworth, and 5 from Hinckley railway station, in the south division of the county, hundred of Sparkenhoe, union a.nd county court district of Market Bosworth, diocese of Peterborough, and archdeaconry of Leicester. The church is dedicated to St John. The living is annexed to Market Boaworth. The Rev. R. White is the curate. There is a free school for boys and girls, Miss Yorke mistress. The acreage is 1476, of which the chief owners are F. Wollaston (lord of the man9r), Thomas Freeman, and Samuel Abell, Esqs. The population is about 150. PosTAL REaur.A­ TIONS R. Coley, sub-postmaster.-= Letters arrive at 9.30 a.m., are dis­ patched at 4 p.m. The 11:earest money-order and telegraph office is at Market Bosworth. Post-town, Nuneaton. · White Rev. Robert, Glebe house FARMERS. W ollaston Frederick, Esq., Shentonhall A bell Amos GENERAL TRADES, &c. Abell Samuel, and landowner Chesterton T., beer retailer & shopkeeper Freeman Thomas, and landowner Sands J. W., carpenter, blacksmith, and Gee George wheelwright Lea Joseph Wylde William, miller Pratt Charles A. SHILTON (EARL) is a parish and village distant 9 miles from Leice~­ ter, 4 from Hinckley, and 1! from Elmsthorpe railway station, in the south • division of the county, hundred of Sparkenhoe, union and county court district of Hinckley, diocese of Peterborough, archdeaconry of Leicester, and rural deanery of Kirkby Mallory. The church, dedicated to St Simon and St Jude, is a large and commodious structure. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Elmsthorpe, annual value £280, with resi­ dence,in the gift of Earl Lovelace. The Rev. Ferdinand Einest Tower,M.A., is the vicar. Here is a Congregational chapel, Rev. John Stewart minister. The Baptists, W esleyans, and Primitive Methodists have also chapels. There is a National school for boys and girls, Samuel Reynolds master, Miss Woollatt mistress. The parish contains 1980 acres of land, of which the chief owners are George Alien, T. Wilkinson, T. Atkins, Thomas Clark, J. Pool, and S. Pool, Esqs., and several smaller proprietors. The popula­ tion is about 2200. The lady of the manor is the Queen, as Duchess of Lancaster, but the rights thereof are reserved to the copyholders them­ selves. Hosiery is extensively manufacturered in this place, Mr John Miller Everard and Mr John Homer are the largest manufacturers of the above goods. Post, telegraph, and money-order office, Michael Pickering