Saxelby, Leicestershire

Historical Description

Saxelby, a small village and a parish, situated among the Wold Hills, in Leicestershire, 4 miles WNW of Melton Mowbray, with a station, called Grimston, on the Melton Mowbray and Nottingham branch of the M.R. Post town and money order office, Melton Mowbray; telegraph office, Grimston station. Acreage, 1052; population, 98. The manor, with all the land except the glebe, belongs to the Wright family. Saxelby Park, their seat, is a modern mansion of brick. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £137 with residence. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S aisle, S porch, and an embattled western tower with spire.

Administration

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

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Church Records

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Saxelby from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Saxelby (St. Botolph))

Land and Property

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

Newspapers and Periodicals

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

• Leicester Chronicle
• Leicester Journal
• Leicester Daily Mercury
• Leicestershire Mercury
• Leicester Mail