In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Harby like this:
HARBY, a village and a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester. The village stands on the Grantham canal, in the vale of Belvoir, near the boundary with Notts, 8½ miles N of Melton-Mowbray r. station; and has a post office‡ under Melton-Mowbray. The parish comprises 2, 800 acres. ...
Real property, £3, 869. Pop., 655. Houses, 136. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £469. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is a neat edifice with a tower; but is not in good repair. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £10.
Harby through time
Harby is now part of Melton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Melton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Harby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Harby, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10856
Date accessed: 02nd May 2024
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