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Post Office Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1876 pages 363 – 364

HARBY is a large village and parish, in the Northern division of the county, Framland hundred, Melton Mowbray union and county court district, rural deanery of' Framland, archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Peterborough.The village is pleasantly situated on the south side of the Grantham canal, 83/4 miles north from Melton Mowbray station, and 14 south-east from Nottingham, on the borders of Nottinghamshire. The church of St. Mary is in thePerpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, and porch, with a square tower, 4 bells, and a clock, which was presented by the Duke of St. Albans ; the church is now (1876) being restored. The register dates from the year 1700. The living: is a rectory, yearly value £560, arising from 455 acres of land, which were awarded in lieu of tithes at the enclosure in 1793, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Rutland, and held by the Rev. Manners Octavius Norman, b.a.. of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The Wesleyan Methodists have a place of worship here, and a National school was erected in 1860. In 1739 the Rev. John Major left £10, the interest for the poor of this parish, who also receive £6 6s. 8d. yearly from Chester's Chanty, of Barkstone. Mrs. Hannah Thompson left £10 for the benefit of the Sunday school. Mrs. Orson left £20. The Duke of St. Albans gave £30 in 1839; the interest of the above sums, which are all in Melton Savings Bank, is distributed yearly by the rector and churchwardens. The Duke of Rutland is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are the Duke of Rutland, Messrs. Orson, Whittle, Shipman and Lamin. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are beans, wheat and pasture. The area is 1,980 acres; rateable value, £3,091; the population in 1871 was 539.

Parish Clerk, John Gibson.

Post, Money Order & Telegraph Office & Savings Bank.—John Watchorn Clifton, receiver. Letters through Melton Mowbray arrive at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 4 p.m. week days only

National School (vacant), master

Carriers.—Thomas Kemp & Samuel Starbuck, to Melton Mowbray, tuesday; to Nottingham wed. & sat

Norman Rev. Manners Octavius, b.a. [rector]

COMMERCIAL.
Baguley George, grazier
Barke Robert, farmer
Barlow John, farmer
Barnes William, farmer
Clifton John Watchorn, grocer, baker, & post office
Dickman William, shopkeeper
Freck James, jun. farmer
Freck James, sen. farmer
Furmidge Samuel, corn merchant
Gibson John, bricklayer & shopkeeper
Gibson William, miller
Goodson Robert, farmer
Gregg Thomas, boat owner
Hall Edmund, blacksmith
Haywood John, jun. White Hart, & farmer
Haywood John, sen. farmer
Jackson John, butcher & farmer
Kemp George, grazier
Lamin John, miller & wharfinger
Lamin Thomas, maltster
Martin Thomas, wheelwright & agricultural implement maker
Marshall John, farmer
Monks James, shoe maker
Musson John, carpenter
Musson Samuel, carpenter
Orson Robert, farmer & grazier
Shipman William, farmer
Stretton & Young, chemical manure works
Whittle John, Nag's Head, & farmer
Whittle John, jun. farmer