Ab Kettleby

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Ab Kettleby
Ab Kettleby shown within Leicestershire
Population	501 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SK724230
- London	96 mi (154 km) SSE
District	Melton
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MELTON MOWBRAY
Postcode district	LE14
Dialling code	01664
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire

Coordinates: 52°47′59″N 0°55′31″W / 52.799806, -0.925279

Ab Kettleby is a village and civil parish within the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is three miles (4.8 km) north of Melton Mowbray, along the A606 road, and has a population of 501.^[1]

Ab Kettleby is in North Leicestershire, not far from the town of Melton Mowbray and three miles from the border with Nottinghamshire. Situated 460 feet above sea level it lies close to the neighbouring hamlets of Wartnaby and Holwell (though these form part of the wider civil parish of Ab Kettleby).

Contents 1 History 2 Other 3 Gallery 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Ab Kettleby was first recorded in the Domesday Book as Chetelbi,^[2] though a Roman mosaic and pavement was found beneath the churchyard, indicating the antiquity of the village beyond 1086.^{[citation needed]}

St. James Church has a Norman font, and a memorial to Everard Digby of the Gunpowder Plot. It was home to racehorse Desert Orchid for several years.

[edit] Other

The parish has a primary school, a public house named after Sugarloaf Mountain, a community centre, a guest house, a 17th-century manor house, and medieval farmhouses and farm buildings.

It also has a village duck pond next to a large horse-chestnut tree and megalithic spring.

[edit] Gallery

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ab Kettleby, GENUKI article.