Swithland, Leicestershire

Description
Swithland, a parish, with a village, in Leicestershire, 2 1/4 miles SW of Mountsorrel, 4 WSW of Sileby station on the main line of the M.R., and 6 S from Loughborough. It has a post office under Loughborough; money order and telegraph office, Woodhouse Eaves. Acreage, 1145; population, 213. The manor, with Swithland Hall, a fine mansion standing on an eminence amidst a beautiful park, and most of the land, belongs to the Earl of Lanesborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £200 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S aisle, private chapel of the Danvers-Butler family, Earls of Lanesborough, and an embattled western tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Excellent blue slate is found in this parish in considerable quantities.