Extract from The Parliamentary Gazetteer
of
England and Wales (1840 - 1843)
HARBY, a parish in the hund. Of Framland, union of Melton-Mowbray, co. of Leicester ; 8 miles north of Melton-Mowbray, and intersected by the Nottingham and Grantham canal. Living, a rectory, formerly in the archd. of Leicester and dio. of Lincoln, now in the dio. of Peterborough ; rated at £20 ; gross income £497. Patron in 1835, the duke of Rutland. There is a daily school here. Charities, in 1836, £13 16s. per annum Poor rates, in 1838, £196 10s. Acres 2,800. Houses 96. A. P. £2,566. Pop. In 1801, 343 ; in 1831, 488.