Nether Broughton

 

Extract from White's Leicester and Rutland Directory 1877

NETHER BROUGHTON parish is in Framland Hundred, Melton Mowbray Union and County Court District, and in 1871 contained 405 persons, living in 91 houses, on 2110 acres of land, which is a fertile clay, and well adapted for pasturage. Nether Broughton village, on the Nottingham and Melton Mowbray road, 6 miles North North West of the latter town, is picturesquely situated, and nearly surrounded by the hills which form the Vale of Belvoir. Philip Pleydell Bouverie, Esq., is owner of a great part of the soil, and the rest chiefly belongs to David New, Esq., the trustees of George Urrey, Esq., and Thomas Black, Esq. The CHURCH (St. Mary), which consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, and tower containing three bells, was repewed and thoroughly restored in 1848, at a cost of about £600. The pulpit and reading-desk are of carved oak, and the floor within the Communion rails is laid with encaustic tiles. The living, a rectory, valued in KB. at £11 5s. 71/2d., and now at £397, is in the gift of Philip Pleydell Bouverie, Esq., and now held by the Rev. Philip Deedes, who has 266A. 1R. 37P. of land, awarded at the enclosure in 1764, in lieu of all the tithes. The WESLEYANS have a chapel, built in 1839, and repaired in 1875, at the cost of £65. A small NATIONAL SCHOOL was built in 1845, and chiefly supported by the rector. A SCHOOL BOARD has been formed for this parish and that of Upper Broughton; and a handsome and commodious school, with master's residence, is now approaching completion. The Poor's Land, 1A. 2R. 21P., let for £4, was allotted at the enclosure in lieu of land purchased in 1682, with £40 left by Samuel Wray and Thomas Wright. The poor have also the interest of £5 left by an unknown donor.
POST OFFICE at Mr. Benjamin Payne's. Letters are received at 9.30 am., and despatched at 4.45 p.m., viâ Melton Mowbray, but Long Clawson is the nearest Money Order Office.

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