Little Dalby, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Dalby, Little, or Dalby Parva, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, 4¼ miles SSE of Melton-Mowbray, and 2¼E from Great Dalby station on the G.N. and L. & N.W". Joint railway. There is a post, money order, and telegraph-office under Melton-Mowbray. Acreage, 1885; population, 184.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Leicestershire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Dalby Parva St. James | |
| Hundred | Framland | |
| Poor Law union | Melton-Mowbray |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1579.
Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Little Dalby:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1575-1916 | 1754-1782 | 1559-1930 | 1562-1988 |
Churches
Church of England
St. James (parish church)
The church of St. James is an edifice of stone, restored in 1851-2. by E. B. Hartopp esq. partly in the Decorated style, and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles, transepts, south porch and western tower with spire, containing 3 bells: the chancel retains very beautiful triple-canopied sedilia and a piscina: there are several stained windows, and between the clerestory windows are niches containing statuettes: in 1903 a new organ was provided and new heating apparatus put in by Lt.-Col. J. Burns Hartopp D.L., J.P.: the church was restored in 1851-2 by Edward Bourchier Hartopp esq. M.P. and affords 200 sittings.
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 Little Dalby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dalby Parva (St. James))
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Little Dalby are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online: