melville 1854

Melville & Co.'s Directory & Gazetteer of Leicestershire, 1854 page 260

HARBY is a village and parish in the vale of Belvoir, eight miles north of Melton Mowbray; 12 miles S.E. from Nottingham ; and 112 from London. The living is a rectory in the patronage of the Duke of Rutland; the Rev. Manners Octavius Norman is the Incumbent. The Duke of Rutland is lord of the manor.

Gentry,
Adcock Mr. John
Norman Rev. M. O., B.A., Rectory

Trades, Professions, &c.
Baguley Thomas, baker
Barlow James, farmer
Barnes William, jun., farmer
Barnes William, sen., farmer
Bonser Henry, miller
Boyer William, draper
Chandler William, schoolmaster
Dickman Joseph, shopkeeper
Dunsmore John, farmer
Doughty Levi, farmer
Freck James, jun., farmer
Freck James, sen., farmer
Freck John, shopkeeper
Gibson John, bricklayer
Goodson Robert, farmer
Gregg Samuel, boat owner
Hall Edmund, blacksmith
Hardy John, carrier
Harwood William, brickmaker
Haywood John, White Hart
Haywood John, farmer
Herrick William, pig jobber
Hitchcock John, wheelwright
Jackson Matthew, butcher
Julian Richard, farmer
Kemp Thomas, blacksmith
Kemp William, grazier
Knapp Elizabeth, day school
Lamin Henry, baker and postmaster
Lamin Thomas, miller
Marshall Ann, farmer
Monks James, shoemaker
Moulds John, grazier
Musson George, carpenter
Musson Mary, grazier
Musson Samuel, carpenter
Orson John, farmer
Roslin Jonathan, farmer
Shipman William, farmer
Smart William, boat owner
Starbuck Samuel, cattle dealer
Sumner Mark, shoemaker
Thompson John, grazier
Watchorn James, farmer
Watchorn Thomas, farmer
Welsh John, tailor
Wesson George, parish clerk
Whittle John, farmer and grazier, Nag's Head
Widdowson Matthew, tailor
Wrigh Edward, wharfinger

Post Office. Lamin Henry, master. Arrival, 12 a.m.; departure, 2 1/2 p.m.

Places of Worship.
St. Mary's Church.—Norman Rev. M. O., B.A., rector. Service, 11 am., and 2 1/2 p.m.
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.—Circuit preachers. Service, 10 1/2 a.m., and 6 p.m.