Sheepy

{{Short description|Civil parish in Leicestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name= Main Road in Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire - geograph.org.uk - 685168.jpg |static_image_caption= Sheepy Magna |official_name= Sheepy |country= England |region= East Midlands |os_grid_reference= SK3201 |coordinates = {{coord|52.610|-1.521|display=inline,title}} |population= 1,174 |population_ref= ''(2011)'' |civil_parish= Sheepy |shire_district= [[Hinckley and Bosworth]] |shire_county= [[Leicestershire]] |constituency_westminster= [[Hinckley and Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Hinckley and Bosworth]] |post_town= ATHERSTONE |postcode_district= CV9 |postcode_area= CV |dial_code= 01827 }}

'''Sheepy''' is a [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Hinckley and Bosworth|Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth]] in [[Leicestershire]], England.<ref name="EX240">OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :{{ISBN|0 319 46404 0}}</ref> It contains the villages of Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, [[Sibson, Leicestershire|Sibson]], Wellsborough, [[Upton, Leicestershire|Upton]], Pinwall and Cross Hands—collectively 449 homes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sheepy Parish Council|url=http://www.sheepyparish.com/|publisher=Sheepy Parish Council|accessdate=8 July 2012}}</ref> At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,192,<ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Hinckley and Bosworth|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790451|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=8 July 2012}}</ref> including Orton on the Hill but falling slightly to 1,174 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=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|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=19 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

==History== The parish was created in 1935 from the merger of the four civil parishes of Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, Sibson and Upton.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10390904/relationships Vision of Britain website]</ref>

Sheepy was mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as comprising 14 households. It was recorded as lying within the hundred of [[Guthlaxton]] and the county of Leicestershire.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|SK3201|sheepy-magna|Sheepy [Magna]}}</ref>

During the [[English Civil War]], Sheepy provided free quarter and horses to troops from the parliamentary garrisons from north [[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]] 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]] under Colonel [[Tinker Fox]]. At the siege of [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]], 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 [[Church of England|Anglican]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Consists of six churches | url=https://sheepybenefice.org/sheepy-benefice-churches | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922114002/https://sheepybenefice.org/sheepy-benefice-churches | access-date=2025-01-03 | archive-date=2020-09-22}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web | title=All Saints Church, Sheepy Magna | url=https://sheepybenefice.org/sheepy-benefice-churches/sheepy-benefice-sheepy-magna-church | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922104841/https://sheepybenefice.org/sheepy-benefice-churches/sheepy-benefice-sheepy-magna-church | access-date=2025-01-03 | archive-date=2020-09-22}}</ref>

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== {{Stack|[[File:The Red Lion, Pinwall - geograph.org.uk - 111513.jpg|thumb|The Red Lion, Pinwall]]}} {{Reflist}} *John Nichols, ''History and Antiquities of Leicestershire'', Vol. IV. *Sheepy, ''A Tale of Two Sheep'', Vol. XVI.

[[Category:Civil parishes in Leicestershire]] [[Category:Hinckley and Bosworth]]