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SHAWELL, a parish, with a village, in Lutterworth district, Leicester; 1¾ mile N N W of Lilbourne r. station, and 3 S of Lutterworth. Post-town, Rugby. Acres, 1, 407. Real property, 2, 460. Pop., 205. Houses, 47. The property is much subdivided. Roman bricks and tiles have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £400.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1866. There are an endowed school with £20a year, alms-houses for six persons, and other charities £34.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Shawell Parish Lutterworth Poor Law Union/Registration District Leicestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Shawell |
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