SUTTON CHENEY is a village and chapelry, in the parish of, and 2 miles s. by e. from, Market Bosworth, and 5 miles n.n.w. from Hinckley; containing 302 inhabitants, and 1,520 acres of land. The living is a curacy, annexed to the rectory of Market Bosworth. The church, dedicated to St. James, is a Gothic building, with a low square tower.

Adjoining the churchyard are almshouses for six poor men, who each receive 20s. per quarter, founded and endowed by Sir William Roberts in 1612. Here is a National school. The Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal passes to the west of the village, between which, and the village, is Redmoor plain, the site of the memorable battle of Bosworth field.

Trades.

Abell Richard, victualler, " Greyhound"

Abell Thomas, farmer, grazier, and maltster

Bradfield Thomas, farmer and grazier

Buswell John, tailor

Cooper George, farmer and grazier

Evatt James, farmer and grazier

Evatt Thomas, wheelwright, carpenter, and agricultural implement maker

Faux Ann, cottager Faux William, butcher

Gadsby Edward, carrier

Hewens George, corn miller

Lee Emma, mistress of Free school

May Jeffery, shoemaker and cowkeeper

Miller Joseph, blacksmith and grazier

Morris Richard, farmer, grazier, and surveyor, Lawn house

Morris Samuel, farmer, grazier, and surveyor

Morris Stephen, shoemaker and parish clerk

Morris William, shopkeeper

Musson William, farmer and grazier

Newcombe James, carrier

Parsons Obadiah, boot and shoemaker

Pinchbeck Joseph, shopkeeper

Sands James William, jun., carpenter and joiner

Sands James, sen., carpenter and joiner

Smith Richard, farmer and grazier

Smith Susannah, baker and flour dealer

Summer Timothy, farmer, butcher, and brick-maker

Swain Sarah, victualler, " Gate"

Ward Abel, victualler, " Hercules," and farmer and maltster

Willday John, carrier

Letters received through Market Bosworth office

Places of Worship.

St. James's Church, Small Nathaniel Pomfret M.A., vicar, h. Market Bosworth; Somerville Key. Dudley, B.A., curate, h. Stoke Golding. Service, 11 am, and 2 1/2 pm, alternately

Weslyan Methodist Chapel Circuit preachers. Service, 10 1/2 a m, and 2pm

Free School,

Number of boys, 20 ; girls, 20. Lee Emma mistress

Carriers.

Leicester.-Gadsby Edward, sat, 7 am

Newcombe James, sat, 7am

Willday John, sat, 7 am

(NOTE BY R W Kendell: The Sands are descendants of the family which appeared in the village in the late 1600s of which Mary was my 7^th great grandmother)

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