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Galby (Gaulby)

Description in 1871:
"GALBY, or Gaulby, a township and a parish in Billesdon district, Leicester. The township lies 2 miles SW of Billesdon, and 4¼ NE of Glen r. station. Real property, £1, 578. Pop., 74. Houses, 14. The parish contains also the township of Frisby; and its post town is Billesdon, under Leicester. Acres, 1, 170. Real property, £3, 179. Pop., 93. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. The land is hilly. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £275.* Patron, the Hon. H. L. Powys-Keck. The church has a tower, and is very good."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72

Census

• The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon registration district.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
  
  
• The church seats 100.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1609.
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Gartree (second portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon registration district.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Galby is a small village and a small parish seated on a height 8 miles southwest of Leicester city, 2 miles southwest of Billesdon and about 105 miles north of London. The parish covers about 920 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A47 arterial road east out of Leicester city and turn right (south) after passing through Houghton on the hill. That county road should, after about a mile, bring you to Galby village.
  
  

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History

• Much of the parish land was used for grazing.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 6901.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• Literally, 'gall farm/settlement'. The specific may refer to a barren place in a field, a coppice or wet, poor ground.
  
  
• Although "Galby" was the official name, "Gaulby" was the name preferred by the residents. Many records will be found under this spelling.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish of the county and a modern Civil Parish until 1936.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Gartree Hundred (or Wapentake) in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• The parish contained the townships of Galby and Frisby.
  
  
• In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and all 2,301 acres were amalgamated into the new Broughton and Old Dalby Civil Parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the East Norton petty session hearings.
  
  

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Population

Population figures below are often just for the township and not the whole parish.

Year	Inhabitants
1841	93
1871	90
1881	107
1891	69
1901	66
1911	53
1921	56
1931	70
1951	90
1961	80

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built in 1875 for the parishes of Galby, Frisby, King's Norton and Stretton Parva and to hold 50 children.
  
  

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