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Kelly directory of Leicestershire 1936 page 96 HARBY is a large village and ecclesiastical 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 1/4 miles south-east of the village, 8 3/4 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, county court district of Melton Mowbray, rural deanery of Framland (first portion), archdeaconry and diocese of Leicester. 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: 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, and held since 1925 by the Rev. Arthur Evelyn Furnival M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. 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 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 Thomson left £10 for the benefit of the church Sunday school in 1866; Mrs. Orson left £10; 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 land is chiefly owned by farmers. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are beans and wheat and some land is in pasture. The population in 1931 was 608. By the Melton and Belvoir Rural District (Union of Parishes) Order, 1936, this parish was amalgamated with Long Clawson to form the new civil parish of Clawson and Harby. Post, M. O., T. & T. E. D. Office. Letters through Melton Mowbray Railway Station (L. & N. E. & L. M. & S) Conveyance.—W. Coy runs an omnibus service to Melton, tues. & to Nottingham, daily
PRIVATE RESIDENTS. (For TN's see general list of Private Residents at end of book.) Furnival Rev. Arthur Evelyn M.A. (rector), Rectory Watchorn John James Watson Herbt Whittle Joseph Wright Harold, The Nook
COMMERCIAL Marked thus ° farm 150 acres or over. °Barke Geo. farmer Barrett Geo, Hy. insur. agt Clarke Richard, greengrocer Coy Dan, plumber Coy William, carrier. T N 16 Curtis Mark M. White Hart P. H. Dewey Jas. Akerman, butcher Dickman Thomas, builder, painter, hot water engineer & plumber T N 32 °Furmidge Harry, farmer Gale Christopher, grazier Gibbs C. Marion (Mrs.), farmer. T N 21 Harby Farmers' Dairy Ltd. (The), cheese mkrs Haywood John, grazier Heywood Harry, farmer, Hills farm Kemp Eustice, grazier Kemp Thomas, grazier Lamin Jn. Thomas, grazier Mackley Wm. T. cycle agt. T N 22 Martin Ernest, wheelwright Meadows Leonard, grazier Musson Fredk. Jsph. grocer National Deposit (Approved) Friend Society (J. B. Oxbrough, sec) Pepper Fredk. grocer, Post office. T N 1 Pick J. J. & W, farmers Pickard Eliz. Ann (Mrs.), poultry farmer Pickard Jsph. grazier 0Rawlinson Annie (Mrs.), farmer Rawlinson Ernest, farmer Starbuck Saml. & Son butchers. T N 13 Stead Mabel (Mrs.), shopkpr Stead Martin, blacksmith Stokes Otho & Son, plumbers & glazrs Stubbs Walter, miller (oil engine & wind), The Mill Swingler Jesse, farmer, Harby lodge Trotter Ernest King, Nag’s Head P. H. T N 9 United Dairies (Wholesale) Ltd. cheese mkrs T N 8 °Walker A. & C. farmers Watchorn T. Wm. grazier White Joseph, farmer Wiles T. W. G. grazier Wilford James Corner, farmer
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