Packington, Leicestershire

Description
Packington, a village and a parish in Leicestershire. The village stands three-quarters of a mile E of the boundary with Derbyshire, and 1 1/2 S of Ashby-de-la-Zouch station on the M.R., and has a post office under Ashby-de-la-Zouch; money order and telegraph office, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The parish contains also the hamlet of Snibston and part of the chapelry of Coalville, and comprises 2396 acres; population of the civil parish, 489; of the ecclesiastical, with Snibston, 545. The manor belongs to the Earl of Loudoun. Most of the land and the collieries of Snibston belong to a colliery company. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelry of Snibston in Ravenstone parish annexed (4 miles distant from Packington), in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £282 with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Loudoun. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, has at different times been partly rebuilt, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels. At Snibston there is a church said to be the smallest in England, its measurement being 26 feet 1 in. by 13 feet 7 in., with a superficial floor space of 354 1/4 square feet. It is Early English in style, is dedicated to St Mary, and was repaired in 1894.