Saxelby (St. Peter)
SAXELBY (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 4 miles (W. N. W.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 112 inhabitants. It comprises about 2600 acres. The soil is clay, alternated with sand and gravel; the surface is hilly, and the low grounds are watered by a brook. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £9; net income, £215, arising from 160 acres of land; patron, Earl of Aylesford. The church is ancient.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.