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| Population | 625 |
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| OS grid reference | SK7449331135 |
| District | Melton |
| Shire county | Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Melton Mowbray |
| Postcode district | LE14 |
| Dialling code | 01949 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Rutland and Melton |
| List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire | |
Harby is a village in the English county of Leicestershire. The village is pleasantly situated on the south side of the Grantham Canal.
Harby is in the far north-east of the county in the Vale of Belvoir, 9.4 miles (15.1 km) north of the town of Melton Mowbray, 13.9 miles (22.4 km) south west of the town of Grantham. Although the village is in the county of Leicestershire the county town of Leicester is 21.4 miles (34.4 km) away, the closest approximate City is Nottingham 15.7 miles (25.3 km) away.
Harby is 45 miles (72 km) west from The Wash on the East Coast of England and east of Harlech 158 miles (254 km) in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales on the west coast.
Harby is 128 miles (206 km) north from the capital of London.
Apart from Harby in Leicestershire there is a Harby, Nottinghamshire, Hårby in Denmark and a Harby near Kalmar in Sweden.
The seat of the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle is 6 miles (9.7 km) north east from Harby.
Harby is in the Rutland and Melton constituency. The current Member of Parliament is Alan Duncan.
Harby civil parish includes the villages:- Long Clawson, Hose and Harby. The parish council members meet each month. The borough council is Melton Borough Council and the county council is Leicestershire County Council
Road Names:- Boyer's Orchard, Burden Lane, Burton Close, Colston Lane, Dickman's Lane, Gas Walk, Green Lane, Langar Lane, Main Street, Nether Street, Pinfold Lane, Pinfold Place, School Lane, Stathern Road, The Red Causeway, Walnut Paddock, Watson's Lane.
Harby is well-known in the local area for its annual pantomimes, performed by the Harby Harlequins. The pantomimes started in 1999. Scripts are written by local resident Eddie Lilley. The Harlequins also perform summer shows of music and sketches.
Harby has a monthly publication for local news and events Harby Journal.
The Belvoir Challenge is a 16 or 26-mile (42 km) event for walkers and runners around the Vale of Belvoir. It as was set up in 1990 to raise money for Harby Primary School. The event is organised by the 'Friends of Harby School' and the Vale Striders running club. Currently there are 1100 participants.
Harby Post Office is located at the Harby Garage at 41 Nether Street, Harby, LE14 4BW. It's opening times are Monday to Friday 9 am - 5.30 pm and Saturday 9 am - 1 pm it is Closed on Sunday. It forms part of the Harby Garage complex which also includes the “The tea Junction”.
In ancient writings the village has been called Hereby, Herdby, Hedeby, and Harteby.
The Lordship of Harby is described in the Domesday book as part of the possessions of Robert de Todeni containing 15 Ploughlands.
Harby runs very close to the route of the Grantham Canal where a wharf was formerly used to ship grain from the area.
Harby and Stathern railway station, situated 1¼ miles east of the village, closed to regular passenger services on 7 December 1953. Further reading on the Great Northern Railway and London & North Western Railway Joint Line from Market Harborough to Bottesford and Saxondale via Melton Mowbray Station www.meltonmowbray.steamrailways.com
Harby Farmer Mr Kemp, Born 1884. Talks about sheep shearing, washing, dipping and the price of a fleece. Recorded in 1956 by the University of Leeds. Now held at the British Library Sound Archive. Follow link to listen to dialect extract:- British Library Sound Archive
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
Rector - 1596-1598 Robert Snoden later became chaplain to James I in 1614, and Bishop of Carlisle in 1616.
Curate - 1662 Daniel Pepys (Appt Licensing)
Deacon - 1662-1701 Daniel Pepys
Rector - 1662-1703 Anthony Harwood (Unknown - MA)
Rector - 1638-1703 Richardus Johnson (Unknown - MA)
Curate - 1680 Edvardus Browne (Appt Licensing)
Preacher - 1687 Laur Howell (Appt Licensing)
Preacher - 1688 Gul Lewis (Appt Licensing)
Preacher - 1692 Robert Peete (Appt Licensing)
Curate - 1703 Johannes Vincent (Appt Licensing)
Rector - 1703-1739 John Major (Unknown - BA)
Curate - 1738 John Bugg (Appt Licensing)
Rector - 1739-1741 William Turvile (Unknown - BA)
Rector - 1741-1749 Samuel Kerchevall (St John's College Cambridge BA)
Rector - 1749-1751 Richard Stevens (St John's College Cambridge BA)
Curate - 1751 Richard Stoup (Appt Licensing)
Rector - 1751-1763 William Cant (Queen's College Cambridge BA)
Curate - 1792-1813 Daniel Wagstaff (Appt Licensing)
Rector - 1763-1804 Bennet Storer (Trinity College Cambridge BA)
Rector - 1804-1826 Thomas Norris (Trinity College Cambridge BA)
Rector - 1826-1852 William Evans Hartopp (Trinity College Cambridge BA)
Rector - 1852-1899 Manners Octavius Norman Rural Dean, Framland III Deanery, 1872 to 1885
Rector - 1899-1925 Edward Henry Stone
Data obtained from:- Clergy of the Church of England Database
Rector - 1926-1946 Arthur Evelyn Furnival (Exeter College Oxford BA)
Rector - 1946-1949 William Paul Watkins (Lincoln College Oxford BA)
Rector - 1949-1959 Alfred Cuthbert Holden (University of St. Andrew MA)
Rector - 1959-1961 Charles Brian Underwood (University of Leeds BA)
1961-1963 - Joseph Henry Dransfield - Not listed in Crockford’s Clerical Directory.
Rector - 1964-1974 Ieuan Delvin Powell (University of Wales BA)
Priest in Charge - 1975-1977 and Rector 1977-1989 John Sydney Savige
Rector - 1990-1994 Simon Bailey
Curate - 1994-1998 Mark Turner (Sarum and Wells Theological College)
Priest in Charge - 1994-1998 Geoffrey Spencer (Nottingham University)
Curate - 1997-1999 David Francis Mills (Oak Hill Theological College)
Priest in Charge - 1999 and Team Rector 2000-2004 Charles Anthony Bradshaw (Birmingham University)
Team Rector - 2000-2008 Robin Duncan Stapleford (St. John’s College, Nottingham)
Curate - 2002-2005 Stephen Patrick James Burnham (Christ Church College, Oxford)
Priest in Charge - 2005-2009 Stuart Jack Foster (Oak Hill Theological College)
Team Vicar - 2009 to present Frederick Philip Richard John Connell (St John’s College, Nottingham)
Data obtained from:- Crockford’s Clerical Directory and supplied by the Library of Lambeth Palace.
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 (13 km) 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.
Harby White's county directory (1846)
HARBY, a considerable village, pleasantly situated in the Vale of Belvoir, on the south side of the Grantham Canal, 8 miles N. of Melton Mowbray, and 12 miles S. E. of Nottingham, has in its parish 629 souls, and 1910 acres of land, of which 880a. is arable, 975a. pasture, 46 1/2 a. fox cover and plantations, and 8 1/2 a. canal. During the last two years 49 of the parish have emigrated to Australia, & etc. The soil is chiefly a heavy clay, and the surface flat. The Duke of Rutland is lord of the manor, anciently called Herdebi, but part of the land belongs to Thos. Manners, Esq. and the Orson, Shipman, Musson, Dunmore, and other families. The manor has been held by various families and was sold by Andrew Collins, in 1642, to the earl of Rutland, though part of it was held, in 1086, by Robert de Todenei, the first Norman lord of Belvoir. The CHURCH (St.Mary) is a neat structure, with 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 29th, 1839. They also gave £30, which is invested at interest for the use of the poor. The interior of the church was fitted with a new pulpit and sittings in 1834, and the stove was the gift of E. B. Hartopp, Esq., in 1841. The rectory, valued in K. B. at £20, and in 1831, at £497, is in the patronage of the Duke of Rutland, and the incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Evans Hartopp, M.A., who has a neat residence, and 455a. of land, awarded, in lieu of tithes, at the enclosure in 1790, when 16a. 2r. 35p., was allotted for the repairs of the church, and is now let for £24. 10s. to five cottagers. The National School was built by the rector a few years go, and there is a Wesleyan Chapel. On the canal is a wharf, with large granaries, built in 1836. The poor have about £8. 8s. A year from Chester’s Charity, and the interest of £10, left by the Rev. John Major, in 1739. The parish feast is on the Sunday after September 19th. Adcock Mr John Burnham Wm. schoolmaster. Garton Thomas, police officer. Gibson John, stone mason. Goodson Thomas, clerk. Hallett Geo. vict. Marquis Granby. Hartopp Rev Wm. Evans, M.A., Rectory. Haywood John, vict. White Hart. Julian Richard, maltster. Lamin Henry, baker, &c. Orson Mrs Ann Welch John, tailor. Whittle John, vict. Nag's Head. Wright Edward, surveyor of Grantham canal, and coal dealer. Blacksmiths.Hall Edmund. Kemp Thomas. Kemp Wm. Boat Owners.Gregg Samuel.Smart Wm. Corn Millers. Bonser Henry Lamin Thos. (and wharfinger) Grocers, &c.Baguley Thomas. Freck John. Dickman Joseph FARMERS.* are Owners. Barlow James. Barnes Wm. Blount Thomas. *Dunmore Wm. *Doughty Levi. Freck James. Goodson Robert, Manor House. Hall George. Jackson Mattw. (and butcher). Kemp Thomas. Musson Mary. * Orson John. *Shipman Wm. Thompson John. Watchorn Thos. Watchorn James Whittle Ann. Joiners.Hitchcock John, (& wheelwgt.) Musson Samuel. Musson George Shoemakers. Geeson George. Gibson John CARRIER. John Hardy, to Melton, Tues.& Nottingm. Sat.
A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis (1848)
HARBY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of Framland, N. division of the county of Leicester, 8¾ miles (N.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 629 inhabitants. It comprises about 2,000 acres (8.1 km2). The soil is a stiffish clay, but, under good management, fertile and productive; the surface is chiefly level, except towards the eastern boundary, which forms part of the range of hills skirting the Vale of Belvoir. The Nottingham and Grantham canal intersects the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £20; net income, £469; patron, the Duke of Rutland. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1790, when 300 acres (1.2 km2) were assigned. The church is in the early English style, and was repaired and new-pewed in 1840. Here are several chalybeate springs; and in the village is an ancient stone cross.
Extract from the Post Office Directory (1849)
Harby, a large village and Parish in Framland Hundred, Melton Union, and North Leicestershire, containing 629 Inhabitants and 1,910 acres (7.7 km2) of land, Chiefly a heavy clay. The village is pleasantly situated on the south side of the Grantham Canal, and in the Vale of Belvoir, 8¾ miles from Melton Mowbray Station, and 12 south-eastern from Nottingham. The living is a rectory of the annual value of £497, with a house, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, diocese of Peterborough, and patronage of the Duke of Rutland, Lord of the manor; the Rev. William Evens Hartopp, M.A., is the present incumbent. At the enclosure, in 1790, about 455 acres (1.84 km2) of land were awarded in lieu of tithes. The Church dedicated to St. Mary, is a neat building, with a square tower, 4 bells and a clock, and the inside has been recently repaired. The Wesleyan Methodists have a place of here, and a neat National School was erected a few years ago by the rector. The Grantham canal passes near the village. In 1739, the Rev, John Major left £10 for the poor of this parish, who also receive £8 8s. Per annum from the Chester Charity, of Barkstone. There is a wharf and granaries on the canal. About 50 persons emigrated to Australia within two years from this township. Hartopp Rev. William Evens, M.A Traders:- Adcock John, farmer. Baguley Thomas, grocer & baker. Barlow James, farmer. Barnes william, farmer. Barnes William, jun. farmer. Bonser Henry, miller, grazier & wharfinger. Dickman joseph, grocer. Dunsmore William, farmer. Freck James Sen. farmer. Freck James, jun. farmer. Freck John, shopkeeper. Gibson John Bricklayer. Goodson Robert, farmer. Greg Samual, boat owner. Hall Edmund, blacksmith. Hall George, farmer. Hallett George, 'Marquis of Granby'. Haywood John 'White Hart', farmer & coal dealer. Hitchcock John, wheelwright. Hourd Richard, farmer. Jackson Matthew, farmer & butcher. Julian Richard, farmer. Kemp Richard, farmer. Kemp William, grazier. Lamin Henry, grocer & baker. Lamin Thomas, miller, farmer & wharfinger. Monks James, Shoemaker, Musson James, Carpenter. Musson Miss Frances, Dressmaker. Musson Mrs. Mary, farmer. Musson Samuel carpenter. Orson John, farmer. Roslin Jonathan, farmer. Rouse John, carpenter. Shipman William, farmer. Sumner Mark, Shoemaker. Thomson John, farmer. Watchorn James, farmer. Watchorn Thomas, farmer. Welch John, tailor. Whittle Mrs. Ann, farmer. Whittle Mrs. Elizabeth, 'Nag's Head,' & farmer. Wright Edward, canal agent & wharfinger. Post Office.- Henry Lamin, receiver. Letters arrive through the Melton office at 12 at noon; dispatched ½ past 2p.m. National School, William Chandler, Master CARRIER.- John Hardy, to Melton on tues.; & to Nottingham on sat
Post Office Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland,(1855) page 45
HARBY is a township, large village, and parish, in Framland Hundred, Melton Union, North Leicestershire, containing, in 1851, 640 inhabitants, and 1,910 acres of land, chiefly a heavy clay. The village is pleasantly situated on the south side of the Grantham canal, and in the vale of Belvoir, 8 3/4 miles north from Melton Mowbray station, and 14 south-east from Nottingham. The living is a rectory, of the annual value of £600, with a house, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, diocese of Peterborough, and patronage of the Duke of Rutland, lord of the manor; the Rev. Manners Octavius Norman, m.a., is the present incumbent. At the enclosure, in 1790, about 455 acres of land were awarded in lieu of tithes. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a neat building, with a square tower, 4 bells, and a clock, which was presented by the Duke of St. Albans. The Wesleyan Methodists have a place of worship here, and a neat National school was erected a few years ago by the late rector. The Grantham canal passes near the village. In 1739 the Rev. John Major left £10 for the poor of this parish, who also receive £7 6s. 8d. per annum from Chester's charity, of Barkstone. Mrs. Orson left £20, to which the Duke of St. Albans added £30, the interest of which, with other small charities amounting to £62, to be applied for the benefit of the poor, at the discretion of the rector. There are a wharf and granaries on the canal. GENTRY.Norman Rev. Manners Octavius, b.a.[rector] Norman Robert Manners, esq TRADERS. Adcock John, farmer. Baguley Thomas, baker. Barlow John, farmer. Barnes William, jun. farmer. Barnes William, sen. farmer. Bonser Henry, miller, grazier & wharfinger. Cook William, farmer. Dickman Joseph, shopkeeper. Dunsmore Richard, farmer. Freck Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper. Freck James, corn merchant. Freck James, jun. farmer. Freck James, sen. farmer. Furmidge Samuel, corn merchant. Gibson John, bricklayer. Goodson Robert, farmer. Greeg Samuel, boat owner. Green John, canal agent & wharfinger. Hall Edmund, blacksmith. Haywood John, ' White Hart,' farmer & coal dealer Hitchcock John, wheelwright. Hourd Richard, farmer. Jackson Matthew, farmer & butcher. Kemp Richard, farmer. Kemp William, grazier. Lamin Henry, grocer, baker & postmstr. Lamin Thomas, maltster & wharfinger. Monks James, shoemaker. Musson Frances (Miss), dressmaker. Musson John, carpenter. Musson Mary (Miss), farmer. Musson Samuel, carpenter. Orson John, farmer & grazier. Richards Wm. 'Marquis of Granby'. Roslin Jonathan, farmer. Shipman William, farmer. Sumner Mark, shoemaker. Watchorn James, farmer. Watchorn Thomas, farmer. Wesser George, parish clerk. Wessor James, tailor. Whittle Ann (Mrs.), farmer. Whittle John, 'Nag's Head,' &. farmer Post Office.— Henry Lamin, receiver. Letters arrive through the Melton office at 12 at noon ; dispatched at 3 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Melton Mowbray. National School, William Chandler, master. Carriers—William Watchorn, to Melton, on tuesday ; & to Nottingham, on Saturday. Samuel Starbuck, to Melton, on Tuesday.
Extract from the John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-1872 - (1871)
HARBY, a village and a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester. The village stands on the Grantham canal, in the vale of Belvoir, near the boundary with Notts, 8½ miles N of Melton-Mowbray r. station; and has a post office under Melton-Mowbray. The parish comprises 2, 800 acres (3.2 km2). Real property, £3,869. Pop., 655. Houses, 136. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £469. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is a neat edifice with a tower; but is not in good repair. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £10.
Extract from the White's Leicester and 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 (13 km) N. of Melton Mowbray, and 14 miles (23 km) 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 2,800 acres (11 km2) 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