HISTORY

OF THE

PARISH OF SAPCOTE,

IN

THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER.

COMPILED BY THE

REV. HENRY WHITLEY, M. A.,

CURATE.

PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAPCOTE

INFANT SCHOOL.

Leicester:-

PRINTED BY J. R. ROWE, STATIONER, &c., 311⁄2, GRANBY STREET.

1853.

TO THE

REV. JOHN BICKERSTETH, M. A.,

RECTOR OF SAPCOTE AND RURAL DEAN,

THIS LITTLE WORK

IS

MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

BY HIS

FRIEND AND FELLOW LABOURER IN THE MINISTRY OF THE GOSPEL,

THE AUTHOR.