SHAWELL, a parish in the hundred of GUTHLAXTON,
county of LEICESTER, 3 miles (S.) from Lutterworth,
containing 209 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of
Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £9, and in the
patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to
All Saints. A free grammar school for children of
this parish and that of Newton, founded here by John
Eckingtoii, has an endowment of £20 per annum,
with a house and garden for the master. The founder
also erected an almshouse for six poor men.