SWEEPSTONE, a parish in the western division of
the hundred of GOSCOTE, county of LEICESTER, 4 miles
(S. by E.) from Ashby de la Zouch, containing, with
Newton, 625 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with
the perpetual curacy of Snareston annexed, in the archdeaconry
of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated hi
the king's books at £21. 18. 4., and in the patronage of
the Representatives of the Charnel family. The church
is dedicated to St. Peter. The river Mease, and the
Ashby de la Zouch canal, run through the parish. At
Snarestone there is a free school for forty boys, endowed
by the Charnels. Sweepstone is in the honour of Tut-
bury, duchy of Lancaster, and within the jurisdiction
of a court of pleas held at Tutbury every third Tuesday,
for the recovery of debts under 40s.