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Stonesby, Leicestershire

Historical Description

Stonesby, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, 4½ miles N of Saxby station on the Syston and Peterborough branch of the M.R., and 6 NE of Melton Mowbray. Post town, Melton Mowbray; money order and telegraph office, Waltham. Acreage, 1423; population, 231. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £80. The church, which was restored in 1875, is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and an embattled western tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel, and there are some small charities.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLeicestershire 
Ecclesiastical parishStonesby St. Peter 
HundredFramland 
Poor Law unionMelton-Mowbray 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Stonesby:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1625-19161781-18341625-18371625-1812

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Stonesby from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.


Maps

Online maps of Stonesby are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online:

DistrictMelton
CountyLeicestershire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLE14
Post TownMelton Mowbray

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