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Great Dalby (or Dalby Magna)

Census

• The parish was in the Melton Mowbray sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
  
  
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
  
  
• The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
  
  
• The Leicestershire Libraries hold copies of the census for 1841 through 1901. See Liec. Libraries to see which Library holds which copies.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Swithin.
  
  
• The church is built of stone in the early Norman style, but no specific date of construction has been found.
  
  
• The church steeple fell in 1658 and had not been replaced by 1925.
  
  
• The church was partially restored in 1888.
  
  
• The church seats 240.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1591.
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Goscote (second portion) (or first portion, depending on the shource you consult).
  
  
• There is a photograph of the church and chapel at the Leicestershire Villages web site.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1846.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Melton Mowbray sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
  
  
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Great Dalby is a village and a parish which lie about 116 miles north of London, 15 miles northwest of Leicester city and 3 miles south of Melton Mobray. The parish covers 2,300 acres, most of which was pasture for sheep and cattle.

If you are planning a visit:

• There is a photograph of the war memorial and small green at Great Dalby at the Leicestershire Villages web site.
  
  
• By automobile, take the B6047 secondary road south out of Melton Mobray. This road cuts thru the heart of Great Dalby village/
  
  

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History

• Stilton cheese was made here.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7414.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was a Chapelry for centuries.
  
  
• In December, 1866, this place was encorporated as a Civil Parish in Leicestershire.
  
  
• The parish is in the ancient East Goscote Hundred in the northern division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1936, the parish of Great Dalby was abolished to create Twyford and Thorpe Civil Parishes with 1,330 acres.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1841	479
1881	455
1901	356
1911	256
1921	317

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Schools

• A School Board was formed here in 1846 and a school built for parish children.
  
  
• The Public Elementary School was enlarged in 1896.
  
  
• There is a photograph of the parish school at the Leicestershire Villages web site.
  
  

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