Place:Shangton, Leicestershire, England

Name	Shangton
Alt names	Sanctone	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 162
	Santone	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 162
Type	Parish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates	52.567°N 0.95°W
Located in	Leicestershire, England
See also	Gartree Hundred, Leicestershire, England	hundred in which the parish was included
	Market Harborough Rural, Leicestershire, England	rural district, 1894 - 1974
	Harborough District, Leicestershire, England	district municipality from 1974

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

Shangton is an inhabited place.

Research Tips

The map on the place-page for Market Harborough Rural District illustrates the location of the various parishes.
Victoria County History - Leicestershire - Vol 5, pp293-297 - Parish: Shangton. (London, 1964) British History Online. University of London.
From this Findmypast page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
From this Ancestry page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
For both of the above sites, a subscription is charged. Transcriptions of these records may also be available free of charge on the FamilySearch website.
A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Leicestershire.