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Packington
Packington is a village and civil parish in the district of North West Leicestershire. It is situated close to the A42 road and the towns of Ashby de la Zouch and Measham. The population of Packington according to the 2001 UK census is 738, reducing slightly to 734 at the 2011 census. Nearby villages include Normanton le Heath and Heather.
Packington has a public house called the 'Bull and Lion' (reputedly the only one in Britain) and a local shop called 'Daybreak Services'. It is part of the National Forest and the Gilwiskaw brook runs through the village.
Origins
Packington's origins are unknown. Its placename suggests an Anglo-Saxon settlement, possibly established by followers of a leader named Pacca or similar. The settlement may already have been in place in the heyday of the Kingdom of Mercia under Aethelbald and Offa during the eighth century. However, this is merely speculative. It is likely that the course of the Gilwiskaw Brook played a critical part in the process of settlement; the brook's unusual name has roots in both Old English and Old Norse, reminding us that the wider area became part of the Viking Danelaw from the late ninth century.
Middle Ages
The first known report of Packington occurs in 1043. In this year Leofric, Earl of Mercia, endowed St. Mary's Abbey, Coventry, with the manor of Packington (and also other settlements in what is now Leicestershire). The Abbey (which became a Priory in 1102) retained it up to the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539-40. The Domesday Book of 1086 confirms the Abbey's holding of eight and a half carrucates (one carrucate being the amount of land which one team of oxen could plough in a season) and reports that "in demesne is one plough; and three villeins with a priest and one bordar and five sokemen have three ploughs. There is a mill rendering 12 pence and three acres of meadow. It is worth 20 shillings."
It is unclear whether there was a church in Packington when the Domesday Book of 1086 was compiled, though mention of a priest suggests the possibility. The oldest parts of the present Holy Rood Church are believed to date from the late eleventh century, or at the latest from the reign of King John (1199-1216).
By 1130, a link had already been established between Packington and Snibston (now part of Coalville). In that year records show both being held by Hugh, Sheriff of Leicester, presumably under an arrangement with the Priory. By 1220 a chapel at Snibston was to be served by a chaplain appointed by the vicar of Packington. This link continued for centuries, long after the Priory had been dissolved. In 1257, St. Mary's Abbey was granted a licence by King Henry lll to hold a market in Packington.
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Packington
Packington is a village and civil parish in the district of North West Leicestershire. It is situated close to the A42 road and the towns of Ashby de la Zouch and Measham. The population of Packington according to the 2001 UK census is 738, reducing slightly to 734 at the 2011 census. Nearby villages include Normanton le Heath and Heather.
Packington has a public house called the 'Bull and Lion' (reputedly the only one in Britain) and a local shop called 'Daybreak Services'. It is part of the National Forest and the Gilwiskaw brook runs through the village.
Origins
Packington's origins are unknown. Its placename suggests an Anglo-Saxon settlement, possibly established by followers of a leader named Pacca or similar. The settlement may already have been in place in the heyday of the Kingdom of Mercia under Aethelbald and Offa during the eighth century. However, this is merely speculative. It is likely that the course of the Gilwiskaw Brook played a critical part in the process of settlement; the brook's unusual name has roots in both Old English and Old Norse, reminding us that the wider area became part of the Viking Danelaw from the late ninth century.
Middle Ages
The first known report of Packington occurs in 1043. In this year Leofric, Earl of Mercia, endowed St. Mary's Abbey, Coventry, with the manor of Packington (and also other settlements in what is now Leicestershire). The Abbey (which became a Priory in 1102) retained it up to the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539-40. The Domesday Book of 1086 confirms the Abbey's holding of eight and a half carrucates (one carrucate being the amount of land which one team of oxen could plough in a season) and reports that "in demesne is one plough; and three villeins with a priest and one bordar and five sokemen have three ploughs. There is a mill rendering 12 pence and three acres of meadow. It is worth 20 shillings."
It is unclear whether there was a church in Packington when the Domesday Book of 1086 was compiled, though mention of a priest suggests the possibility. The oldest parts of the present Holy Rood Church are believed to date from the late eleventh century, or at the latest from the reign of King John (1199-1216).
By 1130, a link had already been established between Packington and Snibston (now part of Coalville). In that year records show both being held by Hugh, Sheriff of Leicester, presumably under an arrangement with the Priory. By 1220 a chapel at Snibston was to be served by a chaplain appointed by the vicar of Packington. This link continued for centuries, long after the Priory had been dissolved. In 1257, St. Mary's Abbey was granted a licence by King Henry lll to hold a market in Packington.