Saddington | Sadin / Setintone: King's land. Mill. |
Saltby
| Saltebi: Roger de Bully. 2 mills. |
Site of a Roman pavement. Nearby earthworks, King Lud's Entrenchments, are thought to date from the 9th century.
Sapcote
| Sape / Scepecote: King's land; Hugh de Grandmesnil and Fulbert from him. Mill. |
Saxby
| Saxebi: Henry de Ferrers; Hugh Musard from Countess Judith. 2 mills. |
The church is the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery.
Saxelby
Scalford
| Scaldeford: Ralph Pippin from Robert de Bucy; Robert from Countess Judith. |
Site of a 14th century weekly market.
Scraptoft
| Scrapentot: Coventry Abbey. |
Part of Leicester.
Seagrave
| Satgrave: King's land; Henry de Ferrers; Robert de Bucy; Earl Hugh, formerly Earl Harold. |
Robert Burton, author of the Anatomy of Melancholy, was rector here, 1630-40.
Sewstern
| Sewesten: William Lovett. |
Old drove road nearby.
Shackerstone
| Sacrestone: Robert the Bursar. |
Saxon jewellery was here.
Shangton
| San(c)tone: King's land; Hugh from Hugh de Grandmesnil; Geoffrey from Robert de Vessey. |
Sharnford
| Scene / Scerneford: Robert from Bishop of Lincoln; Hugh de Grandmesnil; Countess Judith; Thorkell from the king. |
Shawell
| Sawelle: Robert from Count of Meulan. Mill. |
Shearsby
| Seuesbi / Sue(ue)sbi: Quentin's wife, Norman and Howard from the king. |
Yeoman's house.
Sheepy Magna
| Scepa: Henry de Ferrers. Mill. |
Mill; mill pond.
Sheppy Parva
| Scepehe: Walter from Hugh de Grandmesnil. Mill. |
Shenton
| Scentone: King's land; Roger from Henry de Ferrers; Norman from Robert de Vessey. |
17th century hall.
Shepshed
| Scepe(s)hefde: King's land. Mill. |
Large; market place.
Shoby
Lost.
Sibson
| Sibetesdone: King's land. |
Inn was a 13th century tithe barn.
Sileby
| Seg / Sigelbi / Siglesbie: King's land; Arnold from Hugh de Grandmesnil; Earl Hugh, formerly Earl Harold. 2 mills. |
Industrial; medieval church.
Skeffington
| Sciftitone: King's land. Mill. |
The hall was the home of Skeffington family from the late 13th century.
Slawston
| Slaches / Slagestone: Ingold, Godric and Fran from Robert de Bucy. |
Secluded.
Smeeton Westerby
| Esmeditone / Smi(te)tone: King's land; Hugh de Grandmesnil and Robert from Hugh; Robert the Bursar. |
Smockington
| Snochantone: Wazelin from Henry de Ferrers. |
Snarestone
| Snarchetone: Robert the Bursar. |
Somerby
| Sumerdeberie / lidebie / Summerdebi(e): King's land; Roger from Henry de Ferrers; Robert the Bursar. |
Birthplace of the surgeon William Cheselden (1688-1752).
South Croxton
| Crochestone / Croptone: Roger from Bishop of Lincoln; William from Robert de Tosny. Mill. |
South Kilworth
| Cleveliorde: Robert de Vessey; Robert from Guy de Raimbeaucourt. |
Large; Tudor house; medieval moated site; fishponds. William Peason, the astronomer, was rector here from 1817 and built an observatory.
South Marefield
| Alia Merdefelde: King's land. |
Marefield near Melton Mowbray.
Sproxton
| Sprotone: Warin from Guy de Craon; Godfrey de Cambrai; Hugh Musard from Countess Judith. 3 mills. |
Saxon cross.
Stanton under Bardon
| Stantone: Geoffrey de La Guerche. |
Stapleford
| Stapeford: Henry de Ferrers. 2 mills. |
Church; hall; safari park; once a Roman and Saxon settlement.
Stapleton
| Stapletone: Coventry Abbey; Crowland Abbey. |
Richard III camped south of here before the Battle of Bosworth Field.
Stathern
| Stachedirne / tone: William from Robert de Tosny; William and Roger from Geoffrey de La Guerche. |
Red and white cottages; formerly a lace-making centre.
Staunton Harold
| Stantone: Arnolf from Hugh de Grandmesnil. |
Hall with park and lakes.
Stockerston
| Stoctone / tun: Hugh de Grandmesnil. Mill. |
Stonesby
On old drover's road.
Stoney Stanton
| Stantone: Robert the Bursar. |
Quarries.
Stonton Wyville
| Stantone: Hugh from Hugh de Grandmesnil; Osbern from Countess Judith. 2 mills. |
Fishponds.
Stormesworth
Lost.
Stoughton
| Sto(c)tone: Howard and Erneis from Hugh de Grandmesnil. |
On outskirts of Leicester.
Stretton
Now the village of Little Stretton, and a church, all that remains of Great Stretton.
Stretton en le Field
| Stretone / Streitun: Roger from Henry de Ferrers. Mill. |
Sutton Cheney
| Sutone: Crowland Abbey; Arnold from Hugh de Grandmesnil. |
Overlooking Bosworth Field.
Sutton in the Elms
| Sutone: Quentin's wife and Ralph from the king. |
The county's oldest Nonconformist chapel.
Swepstone
| Scopestone: Nigel from Henry de Ferrers. |
Swinford
| Suin / Suine(s)ford: Ralph from Bishop of Lincoln; Arnbern the Priest; Robert from the king; Hugh de Grandmesnil; Hugh and Warin from Robert de Bucy; Alwin from Geoffrey de La Guerche. Mill. |
Sysonby
| Sis / Sixtenebi: Geoffrey de La Guerche and Rainer from him; Hugh Burdet from Countess Judith. |
Part of Melton Mowbray.
Syston
| Sitestone: Swein from Hugh de Grandmesnil. Mill. |
Large; industrial.
