Snarestone (St. Bartholomew)
SNARESTONE (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, hundred of Sparkenhoe, S. division of the county of Leicester, 7 miles (N. W.) from Market-Bosworth; containing 404 inhabitants. It comprises about 1200 acres, of which one-third is arable, and the remainder meadow and pasture. The Ashby canal passes through. The living is annexed to the rectory of Swepstone: the tithes of Snarestone have been commuted for £190, and the glebe consists of 31 acres. The church is a small modern building of brick. A free school was founded and endowed by Thomas Charnells, Esq., in 1717; the income is about £50 per annum.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.