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Kelly Directory of Leicestershire 1922 page 91 HARBY is a large village and parish on the borders of Nottinghamshire, on the south side of the Grantham canal, with a station called " Harby and Stathern" which is the junction of the Grantham and Melton Mowbray and Melton and Nottingham joint lines of the Great Northern and London and North Western railways. 1 1/4 mites southeast of the village, 8 3/4 north from Melton Mowbray and 14 south-east from Nottingham, in the Melton division of the county, Framland hundred, Belvoir petty session division, Melton Mowbray union and county court district, rural deanery of Framland (first portion), archdeaconry of Leicester and diocese of Peterborough. The church of St. Mary is a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing a clock, presented by the Duke of St. Albans, and 6 bells, two dated 1610, one 1614, one 1701 and the fifth 1887: the chancel retains an aumbry and a piscina, and there is also a piscina in the south aisle: the font bears the date 1606: the church was restored and new-roofed in l870, and further restoration took place during 1874 and 1876, at a cost of £1,925; a new vestry and organ chamber were added in 1903: there are 220 sittings. The register dates from the year 1700. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £295 with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Rutland k.G. and held since 1899 by the Rev. Edward Henry Stone. In the church yard there was an ancient stone cross, now removed to the village green and reconstructed as a war memorial to the men of Harby and district who fell in the Great War. Here is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built in 1847. In 1793 the Rev. John Major left £10, the interest for the poor of this parish, who also receive £6 13s. 4d. yearly from Chester’s Charity, of Barkstone; Mrs. Hannah Thompson left £10 for the benefit of the church Sunday school in 1866; Mrs. Orson left £20; the Duke of St. Albans gave £40 in 1839: the interest of the above sums, which are all in the care of the Charity Commissioners, is distributed yearly by the rector and Parish Council trustees. The Duke of Rutland K.G. is Lord of the manor. Messrs. George Barke, Harry Furmidge, Frank Smith, John Whittle and Frank Orson are the chief landowners. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are beans and wheat and some land in pasture. The area is 1,979 acres of land and 6 of water; rateable value, £3,268; the population in 1911 was 603. Sexton, John Cumberland. Post, M. O., T. & T. E. D. Office (within limited distance). —John James Watchorn, sub-postmaster. Letters through Melton Mowbray Public Elementary School (non-provided) (mixed), under the Education Committee of the County Council: erected 1860, to hold 110 children; Alfred Warman Edwards, master Railway Station, Thomas Mingay, station master Carriers.—Miller, to Melton Mowbray, tues. & Nottingham, wed. & sat. & W. Lay, to Nottingham, wed. & sat.
Attewell Thomas Green William Stone Rev. Edward Henry [rector], Rectory Whittle John
COMMERCIAL Marked thus ° farm 150 acres or over. Allen Harry, butcher °Barke George, farmer Buxton Robert, grazier Dickman Thomas, plumber Edwards Alfred Warman, schoolmaster, clerk to Parish Council & assistant overseer Fairbrother Herbert, grazier °Furmidge Harry, farmer Furmidge Samuel, shopkeeper Gale Christopher, grazier Gibbs Frederick B. farmer Haywood John, grazier Hopkins James, grazier Jones George F. grocer Kemp Thomas, grazier Lamin John, grazier Mackley William T. cycle agent Manor Farm Dairy Co. Limited, cheese makers (H. Watson, manager) Martin Ernest, wheelwright Moulds John, grazier Musson Daniel, carpenter Musson Samuel, carpenter Parker William Henry, grazier Pepper Frederick, grocer Pick Josiah, cowkeeper Rawlinson Charles, grazier Rawlinson Ernest, grazier Robinson Frederick, coal dealer Starbuck Frank, farmer Stead Martin, blacksmith Stokes Otho & Son, plumbers & glaziers Stubbs Walter, miller (oil engine & wind), The Mill Swingler William & Son, frmrs. Harby lo Swingler Luke Samuel, Nag's Head P.H. Watchorn John James, shopkpr. Post off Watchorn Henry Clifton, farmer Watchorn William, grazier Watson William John, White Hart P. H. White Joseph, grazier Wilford James Corner, farmer
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