po 1854

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