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Civil parish in Leicestershire, England

Human settlement in England

Sheepy Sheepy Magna Sheepy Location within Leicestershire Population 1,174 (2011) OS grid reference SK3201 Civil parish Sheepy District Hinckley and Bosworth Shire county Leicestershire Region East Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town ATHERSTONE Postcode district CV9 Dialling code 01827 Police Leicestershire Fire Leicestershire Ambulance East Midlands UK Parliament Hinckley and Bosworth List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°36′36″N 1°31′16″W / 52.610°N 1.521°W / 52.610; -1.521

**Sheepy** is a [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in the [Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth](/source/Hinckley_and_Bosworth) in [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire), England.[1] It contains the villages of Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, [Sibson](/source/Sibson%2C_Leicestershire), Wellsborough, [Upton](/source/Upton%2C_Leicestershire), Pinwall and Cross Hands—collectively 449 homes.[2] At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,192,[3] including Orton on the Hill but falling slightly to 1,174 at the 2011 census.[4]

## History

The parish was created in 1935 from the merger of the four civil parishes of Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, Sibson and Upton.[5]

Sheepy was mentioned in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086 as comprising 14 households. It was recorded as lying within the hundred of [Guthlaxton](/source/Guthlaxton) and the county of Leicestershire.[6]

During the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War), Sheepy provided free quarter and horses to troops from the parliamentary garrisons from north [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire). In June 1646, Gregory Kent, the parish clerk, submitted a claim for losses to the Warwickshire County Committee, including claims for free quarter for about a hundred horses and men under the command of Captain Flower and Captain Ottway of the [Coventry](/source/Coventry) garrison. Mr Burbidge, and Captain Turton were charged with taking a mare worth £6.13.4. The offender was probably Richard Burbidge, garrison quartermaster at [Edgbaston Hall](/source/Edgbaston_Hall) under Colonel [Tinker Fox](/source/Tinker_Fox). At the siege of [Tamworth](/source/Tamworth%2C_Staffordshire), soldiers under the command of Captain Castleton apparently made off with valuable horses belonging to Thomas Owen, John Thurman, John Vincent, John Toon and Mr Kent, the town clerk.

## Community

The [Anglican](/source/Church_of_England) parish church in Sheepy Magna is All Saints while the parish church in Sibson is St Botolph's church. These churches, along with other nearby churches form the Sheepy Benefice.[7] All Saints in Sheepy Magna probably pre-dates 1150, although the present church building was rebuilt in 1778 on the site of the earlier building.[8]

There are many groups running in the community including Cubs, Scouts, Beavers, Rainbows, Brownies, Inspirations Choir, School PTA, Mother's Union, WI, Local History, Fruit and Vegetable Society, Playing field committee and Sheepy Bonfire Society NHW.

The Memorial Hall is charity run and Thomas Leaving Charity provides two houses on Twitchell Lane.

## References

The Red Lion, Pinwall

1. **[^](#cite_ref-EX240_1-0)** OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :[ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0 319 46404 0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0_319_46404_0)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Sheepy Parish Council"](http://www.sheepyparish.com/). Sheepy Parish Council. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Hinckley and Bosworth"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790451). *Neighbourhood Statistics*. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Civil Parish population 2011"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=5&b=11128376&c=Sheepy&d=16&e=62&g=6444767&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1466343149168&enc=1). *Neighbourhood Statistics*. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Vision of Britain website](http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10390904/relationships)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Sheepy \[Magna](https://opendomesday.org/place/SK3201/sheepy-magna/)] in the *[Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book)*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Consists of six churches"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200922114002/https://sheepybenefice.org/sheepy-benefice-churches). Archived from [the original](https://sheepybenefice.org/sheepy-benefice-churches) on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["All Saints Church, Sheepy Magna"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200922104841/https://sheepybenefice.org/sheepy-benefice-churches/sheepy-benefice-sheepy-magna-church). Archived from [the original](https://sheepybenefice.org/sheepy-benefice-churches/sheepy-benefice-sheepy-magna-church) on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

- John Nichols, *History and Antiquities of Leicestershire*, Vol. IV.

- Sheepy, *A Tale of Two Sheep*, Vol. XVI.

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