Congerstone

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title: "Congerstone" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-leicestershire", "former-civil-parishes-in-leicestershire", "shackerstone"] description: "Village in Leicestershire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-leicestershire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congerstone" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Leicestershire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Congerstone
civil_parish	Shackerstone
shire_district	Hinckley and Bosworth
shire_county	Leicestershire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Hinckley and Bosworth
post_town	Nuneaton
postcode_district	CV13
postcode_area	CV
os_grid_reference	SK3605
static_image	St Mary, Congerstone, Leics - geograph.org.uk - 387644.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	St Mary's Parish Church
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Frampton_Monument.jpg" caption="Monument in memory of Georgiana Countess Howe by Sir George Frampton"] ::

|country = England |coordinates = |official_name =Congerstone |population = |civil_parish=Shackerstone |shire_district= Hinckley and Bosworth |shire_county= Leicestershire |region=East Midlands |constituency_westminster= Hinckley and Bosworth |post_town= Nuneaton |postcode_district = CV13 |postcode_area= CV |dial_code= |os_grid_reference= SK3605 |static_image= St Mary, Congerstone, Leics - geograph.org.uk - 387644.jpg |static_image_width= 240px |static_image_caption=St Mary's Parish Church Congerstone () is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shackerstone, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in Leicestershire, England. It is three miles north west of Market Bosworth, of which it was historically a daughter parish. It is near the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal and the A444 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 209.

The Grade II* listed parish church of St Mary the Virgin dates back to 1179, although the current building is largely from the 16th century and was remodelled in the 19th century. The patron of the church was formerly the Curzon family of Earl Howe who also helped fund the village school. The church includes a monument by Sir George Frampton, dedicated to Georgiana, Countess Howe, first wife of Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe.

The village has one school, Congerstone Primary School, on Shackerstone Road.

History

The village's name derives from the Old English cyning-tūn meaning 'farm/settlement of a king'.

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Shackerstone.

References

References

1. OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :{{ISBN. 0 319 46404 0
2. "Population statistics Congerstone AP/CP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
3. "Church of St Mary the Virgin A Grade II* Listed Building in Congerstone, Leicestershire".
4. "Compton-Dundon - Congresbury Pages 675-678 A Topographical Dictionary of England. Originally published by S Lewis, London, 1848.".
5. "About us - Congerstone: St Mary the Virgin".
6. "Key to English Place-names".
7. "Relationships and changes Congerstone AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.

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