EARL-SHILTON, a chapelry in the parish of
KIRKBY-MALLORY, hundred of SPARKENHOE, county
of LEICESTER, 3 miles (N. E.) from Hinckley, containing
1771 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated
to St. Peter. There is a place of worship for Independents.
This place was formerly distinguished by its
Norman castle, now entirely destroyed, the site being
denoted only by a mount, and a place called the Castleyard,
or Hall-yard.