In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shackerstone like this:
SHACKERSTONE, a township and a parish in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester. The township lies 3 miles N W of Market-Bosworth, and 5 W by S of Bagworth 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.
Shackerstone through time
Shackerstone is now part of Hinckley and Bosworth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hinckley and Bosworth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shackerstone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shackerstone, in Hinckley and Bosworth and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11262
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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