Shangton is a parish and village north of
Tur Langton in
Leicestershire
Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...
, England. The parish is part of the
Harborough district. According to the University of Nottingham English Place-names project, the settlement name Shangton could mean 'shank farm/settlement', a long, narrow bent piece of ground; a narrow ridge or 'shank' projecting from high ground beside the village.
The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was approximately 125 (33 households).
History
Mentioned in the Domesday Book Survey of 1086, Shangton was a settlement in the
Hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101.
In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
of
Gartree, Leicestershire. In 1086, it had an estimate of 22.6 households, representing the heads of families (with an average 5 persons per household).
The village Church of St. Nicholas is a
Grade II* listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
,
with the body of the church dating to the 13-15th century.
The village of Shangton (spelt as Shankton) is clearly visible on the 1576 map of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, produced (in Latin) by
Christopher Saxton
Christopher Saxton (c. 1540 – c. 1610) was an English cartographer who produced the first county maps of England and Wales.
Life and family
Saxton was probably born in Sowood, Ossett in the parish of Dewsbury, in the West Riding of Yorkshire ...
as part of his ''Atlas of England and Wales'', but no indication of village settlement size is shown. The line of the Gartree Roman road (
Via_Devana
Via Devana is the name given to a Roman Road in England that ran from Colchester in the south-east, through Cambridge in the interior, and on to Chester in the north-west. These were important Roman military centres and it is conjectured that th ...
) is north east of the village. This road was once the main route between
Leicester
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a popula ...
and
Rockingham prior to the building of the London Road turnpike in 1726.
As a result of the turnpike, the Roman road soon fell into disrepair
and only parts of it remain visible today.
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described Shangton as follows:
References
External links
Shangton Parish MeetingsVictoria County HistoryPhotographs around village
Villages in Leicestershire
Civil parishes in Harborough District
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