An
extract from White's Leicester ansd Rutland Directory
1877
HARBY, a parish and a considerable village,
is pleasantly situated in the Vale of Belvoir, on the
south side of the Grantham Canal, 8 miles N. of Melton Mowbray, and 14 miles
S.E. by E. of Nottingham. Its parish, which is in Framland hundred, Melton Mowbray Union and County Court
District, in 1871. 539 persons, living in 129 houses,
on 2800 acres of land. The parish has a rateable value of £8091 The soil is chiefly a heavy clay, and the surface flat. On
the canal is a wharf, with large granaries, built in 1886. The Duke of Rutland
is lord of the manor, anciently called .Herdebi, but
part of the land ~ Messrs. John Smith, Andrew Shipman, John Whittle, M. Orson,
William Shipman, and Thomas and W. Lamin. The manor
has been held by various families, and was sold by Andrew Collins, in 1642, to
of Rutland, though part of it was held in 1086 by Robert de Todenei,
the first Norman Lord of Belvoir. The Church (St.
Mary) consists of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, south porch, and a
square tower, containing four bells and a clock. The latter was given by the
Duke and Duchess of St. Albans, in commemoration of their marriage, which was
solemnised here May 29, 1839. The architecture is chiefly of the Perpendicular
period. The nave and south aisles were thoroughly restored, at an outlay of
£1200, in 1874. In 1875-6, the church was newly-roofed, the floor laid with encaustic tiles, and other improvements effected,
at a cost of £460, defrayed by the rector. The tower is separated from the nave
by an oak screen. The font, which stands in the south aisle, bears the date
1609, and is in the Decorated style. The organ was erected
at a cost of £80. The benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £20, and now at
£469 per annum, and is in the patronage of the Duke of Rutland, and incumbency
of the Rev. Manners Octavius Norman, B.A., who has a
neat residence and 459A. 8r. 9p. of
land, awarded in lien of tithes, at the enclosure, in 1793, when 16A. 2R. 35r. was allotted for the
repairs of the church, and is now let for £42 to two cottagers. The WESLEYANS
have a chapel here, built in 1847, at a cost of £400, principally contributed by
the late Mr. John Orson, who also gave the site. The NATIONAL SCHOOL is a
handsome stone building, erected in 1860 at an expense of nearly £1000, raised
by subscription and grants. It is attended by about 80 children. The poor
have about £8 8s. a year from
POST, MONEY ORDER and
TELEGRAPH OFFICE, and SAVINGS' BANK at Mr. C. J. Watchorn's. Letters are received at 9 a.m. and despatched at 4
p.m. via Melton Mowbray.
Baguley George, cattle dealer & grazr |
Hitchcock Mr Samuel |
Rose Valentine, boot maker |
Extract
from The Parliamentary Gazetteer
of
HARBY, a parish in the hund. Of Framland,
union of Melton-Mowbray, co. of
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