A Topographical Dictionary of England. Originally published by S Lewis, London, 1848.
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Packington (Holy Rood)
PACKINGTON (Holy Rood),
A Topographical Dictionary of England. Originally published by S Lewis, London, 1848.
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Packington (Holy Rood)
PACKINGTON (Holy Rood), a parish, in the union of Ashby, partly in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, but chiefly in the hundred of West Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 1½ mile (S. by E.) from Ashby; containing, with the chapelry of Snibston, 1024 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 2000 acres, in equal portions of arable and pasture. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5. 15. 10.; net income, £258; patron and impropriator, Sir C. Abney Hastings, Bart. The church is an ancient structure, with a tower. There is a chapel of ease at Snibston. A benefaction of 16 acres of land, now producing £20 per annum, is a