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Saxby

Description in 1871:
"SAXBY, a parish, with a village, in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the river Eye and the Syston and Peterborough railway, 4½ miles E by N of Melton-Mowbray. It has a station on the railway ; and its post town is Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1,430. Real property, £2, 363. Pop., 117. Houses, 23. The manor belongs to the Countess of Harborough. Ancient weapons, earthen urns, bridle bits, fibulæ, and other relics have been found. The living is a rectory, united with Stapleford, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £168. Patron, the Countess of Harborough. The church was rebuilt in 1789, and has a spire."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72,

Note: There are two places called Saxby in nearby Lincolnshire.

Census

• The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir 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 was rebuilt in 1789.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1874.
  
  
• The church seats 110.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1638 (other sources give 1593).
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Framland (second portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel.

Saxby is a village and was a parish 4 miles east of Melton Mowbray and 117 miles north of London. The parish covered 1,412 acres and was bordered by Wymondham parish to the southeast.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B676 arterial road east out of Melton Mobray. The road bisects Saxby village.
  
  
• The stream in the parish feeds into the River Eye.
  
  

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History

• Much of the parish land was used for paturage.
  
  
• In this neighborhood, skeletons of men and horses, earthen urns, bridle bits, fibulae and weapons have been found three feet below the soil. These can be seen at Bede House in Melton Mowbray.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 8220.
  
  
• 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 an ancient parish of the county and a Civil Parish as well, until 1936.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Framland Hundred in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and all 1,412 acres were amalgamated with Freeby Civil Parish.
  
  

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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	163
1871	126
1881	120
1891	182
1901	134
1911	116
1921	95
1931	89

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school at Stapleford.
  
  

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