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Kelly Directory of Leicestershire 1925 page 99 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 London and North Eastern and London, Midland and Scottish railways, 1 ¼ miles south-east of the village, 8 ¾ north from Melton Mowbray and 14 south-east from Nottingham, in the Melton division of the county, hundred of Framland, petty sessional division of Belvoir, union and county court district of Melton Mowbray, 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 5 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 1870, 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 £700, including 1 acre of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Rutland K.G. and held since 1899 by the Rev. Edward Henry Stone, of Chancellor's School, Lincoln. In the churchyard there was an ancient stone cross, now removed to the village green and reconstructed as a memorial to the men of Harby who fell in the Great War, 1914-18. There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built in 1847. In 1739 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., T.D. (lord lieutenant), is lord of the manor. The land is chiefly owned by farmers. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are beans and wheat and some land in pasture. The area is 2,056 acres of land and 6 of water; rateable value, £4,655; the population in 1921 was 619. Sexton, John Cumberland. Post, M. O., T. & T. E. D. Office (within limited distance).—Frederick Pepper, 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, sat. & W. Coy, to Melton, tues. ; Nottingham, wed. & sat PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Attewell Thomas Green Mrs Stone Rev. Edward Henry (rector), Rectory Watchorn John James Whittle Joseph
commercial Marked thus ° farm 150 acres or over. °Barke George, farmer Beecham Herbert, White Hart P.H Bowler Alfred, grocer Buxton Robert, grazier Clarke Richard, greengrocer Coy William, carrier & coal mer Dewey James Akerman, butcher Dickman Thomas, plumber Edwards Alfred Warman, schoolmaster, clerk to Parish Council & assistant overseer °Fairbrother Herbert, farmer Furmidge Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkpr °Furmidge Harry, farmer Gale Christopher, grazier Gibbs Frederick B. farmer Gray Jsph. Wm. market gardener Haywood John, grazier Hopkins James, grazier Jones George F, traveller Kemp George Clarence, grazier Kemp Thomas, grazier Lamin John, grazier Mackley William T. cycle agent Martin Ernest, wheelwright Musson Samuel, carpenter Parker William Henry, grazier Pepper Frederick, grocer. Post office Pick Josiah, cowkeeper °Rawlinson Charles, farmer Rawlinson Ernest, grazier Robinson Frederick, coal dealer ; Starbuck Samuel, butcher Stead Martin, blacksmith Stokes Otho & Son, plumbers & glazrs Stubbs Walter, miller (oil engine & wind), The Mill Sumner James, grazier Swingler Jesse, farmer, Harby lodge Swinglor Luke Saml. Nag's Hoad P.H United Dairies (Wholesale) Ltd. cheese makers Watchorn Henry Clifton, farmer Watchorn William, grazier White Joseph, farmer Wilford James Corner, farmer.
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