Harby Village Map

 

 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 Chester's Charity (see Barkestone), and the interest of £10 left by the Rev. John Major, in 1739. They have also the interest of £40 given by the Duke and Duchess of St Albans on the occasion of their marriage; and the interest of £10 left by Mrs. Hannah Thompson, in 1868. The parish feast is on the Sunday after September 19.

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
Baguley William, grazier
Barks Robert, farmer and glazier
Barnes William, farmer and grazier
Bonser Mr William Hall
Brown John, bootmaker
Dickman William. grocer, plumber, glazier and tinplate worker
Freck Mrs Catherine, fmr. and grazer
Freck James, farmer and grazier
Freck Thomas, grocer and glazier
Furmidge Mr Samuel
Furmidge William and Samuel, corn. cake and coal merchants
Gibson John, grocer, grader, bricklayr and contractor and parish clerk
Goodson Robert, farmer and grazer
Greenwood John, coal dealer
Gregg Mr Samuel
Gregg Thomas, boat owner
Hall Edmund, blacksmith and steam threshing machine proprtr. & grazier
Harwood William, farmer & glazier
Haywood John, grazier
Haywood John, jun. grazier and vict. White Hart

Hitchcock Mr Samuel
Jackson Mrs Elizabeth
Jackson John, butcher and farmer
Kemp George, farmer and grazier
Kemp Thomas, carrier
Kemp William, glazier
King Mr John
Lamin Henry, farmer & steam threshing machine proprietor
Lamin Hy. jun. (L.& Shipman),& grzr
Lamin John (L. & Shipman)
Lamin Thomas, maltster and farmer and grazier
Lamins and Shipman, corn millers,and corn, cake and coal merchants
Manchester Thomas, farm baliff Marshall John, farmer and grazier Martin Samuel, joiner & wheelwright Moulds Henry, steam threshing machine proprietor
Musson John. joiner and builder
Musson Mrs Mary
Musson Samuel, Joiner & wheelwright
Norman Rev Manners Octavius, B.A. rector, The Rectory
Orson Robert, fmr. & glazier; h Hose

Rose Valentine, boot maker
Rose William, grazier
Shipman William, farmer and brick and tile manufacturer and road surveyor for Belvoir
Shipman William, jun. Corn miller, &c. (Lamins & S,); h Hose
Starbuck Samuel, farmer, grazier, cab proprietor and carrier
Stokes Henry, draper
Stretton Thomas (S. & Young)
Stretton & Young, chemical manure manufacturers
Watchorn William John, grocer, baker and postmaster
Welsh Alfred, tailor
Whitaker Win. grocer, draper & tailor
Whittle John, farmer and grazier
Whittle John, farmer, grazier and victualler, Nag's Head
Young Joseph, chemical manure manufacturer (Stretton & Y.); h Sheffield
CARRIERS-Thomas Kemp & Samuel Starbuck, to Melton, Tuesday, and to Nottingham Wed. and Saturday

 

Extract from The Parliamentary Gazetteer
of
England and Wales (1840 - 1843)
HARBY, a parish in the hund. Of Framland, union of Melton-Mowbray, co. of
Leicester ; 8 miles north of Melton-Mowbray, and intersected by the Nottingham and Grantham canal. Living, a rectory, formerly in the archd. of Leicester and dio. of Lincoln, now in the dio. of Peterborough ; rated at £20 ; gross income £497. Patron in 1835, the duke of Rutland. There is a daily school here. Charities, in 1836, £13 16s. per annum Poor rates, in 1838, £196 10s. Acres 2,800. Houses 96. A. P. £2,566. Pop. In 1801, 343 ; in 1831, 488.

 

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