Sharnford

Also known as Sharnford, Leicestershire

Sharnford is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. The parish has a population of about 1,000, measured at the 2011 census as 985. The village is about four miles east of Hinckley, and is near to Aston Flamville, Wigston Parva and Sapcote.

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Place details

Locality: Sharnford
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 985
Timezone: Europe/London

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UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Sharnford
UK place.static_image_name: Church of St Helens in Sharnford (geograph 4010994).jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Church of St Helen's
UK place.population: 985
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.shire_district: Blaby
UK place.shire_county: Leicestershire
UK place.region: East Midlands
UK place.constituency_westminster: South Leicestershire
UK place.post_town: Hinckley
UK place.postcode_area: LE
UK place.postcode_district: LE10
UK place.dial_code: 01455
UK place.os_grid_reference: SP482918

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Population: 985
Image: Church of St Helens in Sharnford (geograph 4010994).jpg

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==History== The Domesday hamlet or farmstead of Scerneford is mentioned in the tenth-century will of Wulfric Spot, earl of Mercia, and probably named after a "" or muddy ford over the River Soar. It lies immediately north of High Cross, near the Roman station at Venonis (mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary) at the intersection of Roman Watling Street and the Fosse WaySharnford was originally a single vill, divided into two manors.