Shangton

Other current and historical names

Sanctone
Santone

Parish/Community: Shangton
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°33'33"N 0°56'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 471533, 296229
OS Grid: SP715962
Mapcode Local: GBR BRB.FLD
Mapcode Global: WHFKY.FXMX

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Shangton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Shangton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Shangton, par., Leicestershire, 5½ miles N. of Market Harborough, 1590 ac., pop. 74.

Shangton in the Domesday Book

A village in Gartree hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Gouville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelric son of Mergeat
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Vessey
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)

British Place Names

Shangton, Leicestershire

Shangton is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Shangton in historic gazetteers

Shangton in the Domesday Book