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Harby, Leicestershire

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Harby
Harby from the south – Waltham Road
Harby is located in Leicestershire
Harby
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52°52′20″N 0°53′35″W / 52.87221°N 0.89313°W / 52.87221; -0.89313

Harby is an English village and a former civil parish, now in the parish of Clawson, Hose and Harby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir, 9.4 miles (15.1 km) north of Melton Mowbray and 13.9 miles (22.4 km) west-south-west of Grantham. Although in Leicestershire, the county town of Leicester is further – 21.4 miles (34.4 km) – than Nottingham – 15.7 miles (25.3 km). The village lies on the south side of the Grantham Canal. Belvoir Castle, 6 miles (9.7 km) to the north-east, is conspicuous on the horizon.

Location and governance

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The population in 2001/2002 was listed as 864 individuals, with 698 on the electoral register and 376 houses. This increased at the 2011 census to 931 and was estimated in 2016 to be 877.[1]

Harby is in the Rutland and Melton constituency; the current MP is the Conservative Alicia Kearns. It shares its civil parish council with Long Clawson and Hose. In local government it comes under Melton Borough Council and Leicestershire County Council.

There are similarly named villages: Harby in Nottinghamshire, Hårby in Denmark and in Sweden.

History

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Herdebi 1085 – Harby 2000

Old names for the village include Hereby, Herdby, Hedeby, and Harteby. The first element "Har" either derives from the old Scandinavian "hiorth" meaning herd, flock, or the old Norse personal name "Herrothr", found in old Danish as "Heroth". The second element is the old Scandinavian "by", meaning a village or homestead.[2]

The Domesday book of 1086 listed Harby as in the possession of Robert de Stafford:

Robert de Tosny. He owned 17 carucates of land at Harby. In the time of Edward the Confessor it was 14 ploughs. Three of these carucates were held directly by Robert with 8 slaves. 13 of the ploughs were leased to 24 freemen, 7 villagers and 3 smallholders. There were meadows measuring 5 furlongs long and 5 furlongs wide. This land now brought in £5 a year; it used to be £4. Robert de Bucy owns 1 carucute of land at Harby and leases it to Gerard. The land takes 1 plough to work it. Gerard sub-leases it to 2 freeman and 3 smallholders. Its value is 5 shillings.

In 1622 William Burton described in his book The Description of Leicester Shire (page 127).

"Harby, in olde deedes written Herdeby in the Hundred of Framland, standing in the Vale of Bever upon the border of Nottinghamshire. In the 20. yeere of Edward the third, William Lord Ros, and John de Oreby held lands heere. In the 44. yeere of Edward the third, Roger Delaware was Lord of this Mannor. In the 25. of Henry the eight the Lord Delaware was Lord of this Mannor as it appeareth by an Inquisition taken after the death of Sir John Digby Knight, in the said 25.yeere of Henry the eight, where it was found that the said Sir John Digby held 4. messuages (with the appurtenances in Harby) of the said Lord Delaware, as of his Mannor of Harby. In this Towne was borne Jeffrey de Hardby a famous Dvuine, brought up in Oxford, and after became one of the Canons of the Abbey of Leicester; from whence he came to be Confessor to King Edward the third, and was by him made one of his Privy Council of state. He wrote many books of special note in Divinity, and died in London, and was buried in the Austin Fryers. Here also was borne Robert de Hardby, a Frier Carmelite in Lincolne, who wrote something in praise of the saide Order, and lived 1450. Ecclesia de Herdeby Patronus Willimus de Albaniaco persona Mr.Robertus institutes per Hug.nunc Episcopum Lincoln. The new Patron of this Church is Francis Earle of Rutland. This Rectory is valued in the King's books at 20 pounds."

In 1815 John Nichols described Harby in his book The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicestershire.

"Harby... is destitute of woods and streams; no high road leads through or beside it. A heavy clay spreads over every acre in the parish and the uniform operations of husbandry give a sameness to the country, which a stranger might view with disgust; but cultivation has made it fruitful.... Industry here makes the prospect, and the product alone is the beauty of the soil. There are about 1800 acres in the parish; and, whilst the field continued open, the method of tillage was, first-year fallow; second, barley and wheat; third, beans and pease. The families of Harby are 60, its inhabitants 322, among whom are many small freeholders. There is no mansion or ancient building in the village; but the present rector has lately built a neat and convenient house...."

In 1831 the Reverend John Curtis described Harby in his book, A Topographical History of the County of Leicester.[3]

Harby, Herdebi, Hertebi

In 1535 the Rectory was valued at £201. The parish was inclosed in 1790.
At the general survey in 1086, Robert de Todenei (Robert de Todeni) held 17 carucates, 3 ploughs were in the demesne; 8 bondmen, 24 socmen, 7 villans and 3 bordars, had 13 ploughs; there was a meadow 200 perches long and 160 broads.
Gerard held under Robert de Buci 1 carucate, the land was equal to 1 plough, which was held by 3 bordars and 2 socmen.
In 1297 Lambert de Tryckenham held 2 Virgates.
In 1302 Robert Tateshall held half a fee.
In 1343 William Ros, of Hamlake, held a fee.
In 1363 Margery Ros held a fee and the advowson.
In 1370 Roger le Warre and Alianora, his wife, held the manor.
In 1391 Simon Pakeman and Agnes, his wife held 12 messuages.
In 1394 Maria, wife of John de Ros held one-eighth of a fee.
In 1396 Robert Hauberk, an outlaw, held 1 messuage and 7 bovates.
In 1412 John West held the manor.
In 1416 Thomas West held the manor.
In 1427 Sir Reginald West, Lord Delawarre, held it.
In 1450 Reginald West held it. Edward IV. granted lands here to William Hastings, and in 1481 he held lands and messuage and Gracedieu Priory held lands.
In 1552 William Brabazon held half the manor.

In 1642 Andrew Collins held it, whose family sold it to the Earl of Rutland.

In 1931 the parish had a population of 608.[4] On 1 April 1936 the civil parish was merged with Hose and Long Clawson to form "Clawson and Harby",[5] which is now called Clawson, Hose and Harby.

Primary school

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[6] Harby Church of England Primary School began as a church school founded by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. It opened under the Rector, William Evans Hartopp, in about 1827, on land donated by John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland.

School in 1895
School in 2005

A new school building opened on 25 March 1861, probably on the site of a village green, under a church committee headed by Rev. Manners Octavius Norman, at a cost of £861 3s 4d. The surveyors and architects were Bellamy and Hardy of Lincoln. It had two main teaching classrooms, a large kitchen, toilets to the rear, and accommodation for the teacher consisting of a downstairs study and three upper rooms. The first headmaster was Henry Major. The county council took over management on 1 July 1903.

Originally there was a bell tower above the front door, of which only the base remains intact. A swan (as an emblem of the school) and a book are carved on either side of the base. In 1976 the school was extended with three new open-plan classroom areas. One old schoolroom was converted into a studio and TV room. A new kitchen was built at the rear and a boiler house in the style of the old school added.

A letter from Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State for School Standards, sent in February 2018, states that the school was in the top 1 per cent of primary schools in England for attainment in reading and writing, based in 2017 KS2 results. The school has just under 100 pupils aged 4 to 11. Harby Pre-School has closed. However, the latest full Ofsted report in March 2019 was critical in some respects.[7]

The Friends of Harby School support school activities and organise the Belvoir Challenge, an annual 26- or 15-mile cross-country race with a limit of 1200 participants.[8]

Methodist chapel

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[9] Methodists had begun to hold services from 1769 in their homes, and then in an old coach house given by William Orson for chapel conversion in April 1828. By 1847 the Wesleyan congregation had outgrown the coach house, which was replaced by a chapel built on Orson's land. The foundation stone was laid by C. H. Clark, a Nottingham solicitor, and opening sermons were preached by Rev. John Rattenbury and Rev. James Everett. In 1874 it was refurbished.[10]

In 1926 a new two-manual pipe organ by E. Wragg & Son of Nottingham was installed at a cost of £210, but it was removed when the chapel was modernised for its current use by the Vale Christian Fellowship.[10]

Parish church

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Harby
St Mary's Church, Harby
Inside of Parish Church, Harby
Elliot Organ - St Mary the Virgin Parish Church. Harby
St Mary's font

[11] The Parish church at Harby is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.

The earliest church on the site was probably made of wood, of which there is evidence in the west wall of the nave. The earliest written notice appears in the records of the Bishop of Lincoln, recording a priest at Harby in 1220 called Robert. In the 13th century, the present stone tower was built at the west end of the nave and the wooden nave and chancel were rebuilt in stone. The nave was widened, so that its walls joined the tower at the west end, on the outer edges of the tower buttresses.

The chancel roof was raised in about 1350 and new windows were added.

The first window in the north wall of the chancel nearest to the nave has three panes showing the letter W or VV. It stands for "Virgo virginum", "virgin of virgins" for the dedication of the church to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This is the only stained glass in the building. We do not know if this is left from Mediaeval times when all other stained glass was deliberately removed, or dates from after the Reformation in 1539.

A Victorian restoration took place in 1874–1876, the flagstone flooring being replaced by tiles. New pews in the chancel were decorated in the Gothic style. In 1874 the roof was renewed. In 1903, a vestry was built and the organ was placed to face into the chancel. The font was moved again to the east end of the north aisle.

On the wall above the arch at the east end of the nave are four panels. The middle two are wooden boards. One has the coat of arms of George II (reigned 1727–1760). The board above bears the inscription "Fear God, Honour the King". The other two panels show the ten commandments on canvas in wooden frames.

On 29 May 1839 William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans (1801–1849) married Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins, the daughter of Maj. Gen. Joseph Gubbins (1785–1817). As a celebration, he donated to the church a new clock, a bible, a prayer book, and £30 with the rector to be invested for the poor. This marriage was held at Harby because Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins was the first cousin to Eliza Georgiana Gubbins who was the first wife of the Rector William Evens Hartopp. Eliza Georgiana Gubbins father was George Stamer Gubbins of Kilfrush, Co. Limerick. His brother was Maj. Gen. Joseph Gubbins of Kilfrush. His daughter was Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins.

Harby Church became a Grade II* listed building in 1968.

Bells

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There are five bells in the tower dating from as early as 1610.

Bell Weight Note Diameter Cast Founder Inscription
1 4–2–21 D# 27.88" 1887 John Taylor & Co "JUBILEE 1887. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN" "CHRIST REIGNETH EVER" E. HALL. T. FRECK, WARDENS"
It cost £186 when cast and commemorates the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
2 4–3–7 C# 29.25" 1610 Henry II Oldfield "JESUS BE OUR SPEED"
This was the pancake bell, rung at 11 a. m. on Shrove Tuesday to remind housewives to prepare the pancake mixture.
3 5–0–9 B# 30.75" 1610 Henry II Oldfield "GOD SAVE THE CHURCH"
4 7–2–0 A# 34.25" 1701 William Noone "GOD SAVE HIS CHURCH" R. WHITTLE, I. BROOKBANK, WARDENS
5 8–2–16 G# 37.75" 1614 Henry II Oldfield "GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH".
The tenor or passing bell, rung to record a death is the heaviest in the tower.

Pipe organ

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The organ in Harby parish church as listed on the National Pipe Organ Register.[12] Was initially built by Thomas Elliot and installed at Gedling Parish Church, Nottinghamshire by Elliot's foreman Alexander Buckingham in 1808. The organ was probably built at Elliot's works in Tottenham Court Road, London with his business partner John Nutt. It was removed from Gedling at a cost of more than £80 and transported to Harby in 1874, where it was first installed at an additional cost of £11 in the northeast corner of the north aisle, where the font stands now. When a new vestry was built in 1903, the organ was moved to face north into the chancel choir.

The organ has been maintained by Hawkins, organ builders of Walsall, West Midlands, who were initially requested to quote for an electric blower in 1945. Thereafter they overhauled and cleaned the organ in 1956 and 1975.

Font

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The font is from the Decorated period and presumably stood in the pre-Reformation position by the front door, in line with Catholic practice. The date 1606 may indicate when it was moved. After the Reformation, the font was moved again into the centre of the church and remained there until 1834. The font now stands in the northeast corner of the north aisle where the organ sat before the vestry was built in 1901.

Parish registers

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The parchment skins of an early volume of Harby Parish Registers, long lost, are said to have been unstitched and wrapped around the trunk and limbs of the corpse of Anne Adcock, and so buried by her grandson, John Adcock, a man of eccentric character, in December 1776.[13] Some transcripts exist at Lincoln for the years 1604, 1606 to 1609 and 1618; and at Leicester for 1581, 1612–1613, 1617, 1621, 1625–1629, 1632–1634, 1636–1638, 1661–1663, 1670, 1672, 1674–1683, 1685, 1687–1688, 1690–1691 and 1694–1700.

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Year Name Position Alma mater notes
1220 Robert Instituted by Hugh of Wells Bishop of Lincoln

Rector Harby, Leicestershire
Patron: William de albini II
1235 William de Herdeby Chaplain of Harby Leicestershire Patron: William de albini III

Was included in original John Nichols (printer) listing. No further listing available
1251–1275 Thomas de Bathon Subdeacon Patron: Robert Lord Ros

Was included in original John Nichols (printer) listing. No further listing available
1275 Lambert de Trikingham Subdeacon Patron: Robert Lord Ros

Lambert de Trinkinham is of a gentleman estimated to have been born between 1261 and Died 1280 at Threekingham, Lincolnshire. He was made Sir. There are life stone effigies of Lambert de Trikingham and his wife at St Peter's Church, Threekingham, Lincolnshire. In 1831 the Reverend John Curtis described Harby in "A Topographical History of the County of Leicester", Lambert de Trinkinham as owning 2 Virgates He may have been the advowson. Was included in original John Nichols (printer) listing as Priest.
1298 William de Keln Patron: William Lord Ros I

Was included in original John Nichols (printer) listing. No further listing for William de Keln.
However a Listing for William de Kelm as Priest of Harby, Nottinghamshire was present at the death of Queen Eleanor wife of Edward I

By 13 November the Queen's health was obviously failing and the court left Clipstone heading for Lincoln, possibly intending to visit the shrine of St Hugh to pray for her recovery. However, on 20 November Eleanor was brought to the manor house of Richard de Weston in Harby (Notts) suffering from a “slow fever” and in the ensuing days her health deteriorated rapidly. The local priest, William de Kelm, and the Bishop of Lincoln, Oliver Sutton, were at her deathbed when she died during the evening of 28 November 1290.[17]
1336 Gilbert Rector (ecclesiastical) Patron: William Lord Ros I

Was included in original John Nichols (printer) listing. No further listing available
1343 John de Langtoft Rector of West Hanningfield 1334
Rector of Walton, Lincolnshire 1336
Rector of Eriswell, Suffolk 1337
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
King's clerk by 1338
Protection on going overseas on the king's service granted 1338
A keeper of the temporalities of the see of Canterbury sede vacante 1348
Warden of the king's scholars, app.1331 Born: about 1262
In 1343, Master John de Langetoft, parson of the church of Herdeby filed a complaint that Robert, son of Simon Hauberk of Scladeford, Germanus (Gervas) son of Simon Hauberk of Scaldeford and others broke his close and houses at Herdeby, assaulted and imprisoned him, and carried away his goods after assaulting his men and servant.
Siblings: Robert
Died: 1360
1373 Nicholas Patron: Thomas Lord Ros

Was included in original John Nichols (printer) listing. No further listing available
1468 William Reynolds Patron: William Lord Hastings

Was included in original John Nichols (printer) listing. No further listing available
John Was included in original John Nichols (printer) listing. No further listing is available
1526–1536 Robert Carleton Ordained: 19 February 1502
Vicar of Foulden, Norfolk 3 February 1503 – 1508
Rector of Roos, Yorkshire 2 June 1508 – February 1529
Rector of Wilsthorpe, Lincolnshire 10 May 1513
Rector of Westmill, Hertfordshire 25 July 1518
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Gonville Hall College, Cambridge or Robert Carlton
Born: 1404 perhaps in Norwich

There are frequent examples of the sequestration of the fruits of a benefice because the incumbent disobeyed. In 1528 the rectory at Narborough was in ruins, so the incumbent must have been absent, therefore the fruits of the living were sequestered. Twenty-nine of these men were then, as Mrs Bowker puts it "pure pluralists”. It was amongst this group that the desire for financial gain was most blatant. Livings, when combined, could produce a considerable sum. Master Robert Carleton besides being rector of Harby and of Westmill, Herefordshire, which brought him a clear 630 when he had paid his curates, was also rector of Roos in Yorkshire.[18]

Died: 1600

1539 ++++++++ English Reformation by Henry VIII reaches Melton Mowbray and Belvoir Priory
1548-1557 William Leigh Ordained: Rector by Henry Holbeach Lincoln
Rector Harby, Leicestershire
Also listed as William Leighe
1557-1558 Simon Kellam Ordained: Rector By Henry Holbeach, Lincoln
Rector of Somerby, Leicestershire 1551
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Rector Of Waltham on the Wolds 19 March 1559-16 March 1564
Rector of Ropsley, Lincolnshire 6 March 1565 – 30 November 1575
Also listed as Simonis Killam

Died: 30 November 1575 Ropsley, Lincolnshire
1558- 1596 Richard Thorpe Ordained by Nicholas Bullingham at Lincoln 22 September 1565
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Also listed as Richardus Thorpe
1570 George Benett Patron: Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland
1596–1616 Robert Snoden Ordained: Deacon and Priest (Lincoln) 21 February 1588/9
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Rector of Hickling, Nottinghamshire 1598–1616
Prebendary of Southwell, Nottinghamshire 1599–1616
Chaplain to James I in 1614
Bishop of Carlisle, Cumberland 1616–1621
Sizar at Christ's College,Cambridge
May 1580
BA 1582/3
MA 1586
BD 1593
DD 1598
Fellow, 1589–1599
Also Listed as Robertus Buoden
Born: about 1562
Parent: third son of Ralph Snoden of Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire
Siblings: Richard Snoden 1575
Issue: Rutland Snoden 1615
Died: London, 15 May 1621
1601 John Bragg Ordained by William Chaderton Bishop of Lincoln
Curate Harby, Leicestershire from 13 October 1601
Possible listing mistake with John Bugg listed 1738
1613 John White Rector of Goadby, Leicestershire 1613-39
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Vicar of Norton-by-Galby, King's Norton Leicestershire 1626
Pembroke College, Oxford April 1 606
B.A. January 1610
M.A.
Born: about 1587
Married: Licence (Lincoln) 30 January 1617 (age 30), to marry Katherine Rudd of Stathern, Leicestershire
John Whyte & Catherine Rudd Married on 4 February 1617. Reverend Roger Rudd was Rector of Stathern and father of Catherine
Died: 1639
1613 George Ormerod Ordained: Deacon Peterborough 20 September 1612
Priest 20 December 1612
Curate of Harby, Leicestershire
Trinity College, Cambridge
BA 1611/2
Born: about 1590
Died:1688
1647 - 1666 Thomas Dalby (Daffy) Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Rector of Redmile, Leicestershire 1666-1680
Patron John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland

Is listed as Thomas Dalby by John Nichols. Was this a mistake or a cover-up for the puritanical Duchess of Rutland who in 1666 had Thomas Daffy demoted to the poorer parish of Redmile, Leicestershire? The listing for Thomas Dalby on the Clergy of the Church of England database lists Thomas Dalby as a school teacher at Belton, Lincolnshire while Thomas Daffy is listed only as Rector of Redmile, Leicestershire. More intriguing is that Thomas Daffy is listed as having been ordained by Thomas Fulwar of Ardfert Abbey, County Kerry, Ireland 5 July 1660.

Thomas Daffy was the inventor of Daffy's Elixir

1659 William Stevens Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Rector of Sutton, Bedfordshire 1666-1672
School: Honnington, Lincolnshire
sizar age 17 at Magdalene College, Oxford
B.A. 1653/4
M.A.1657
Born: About 1633
Parent: William Stevens, Gentleman of Barkston, Lincolnshire
Died: about 1721 Buried at Sutton, Bedfordshire
In Oxford information was listed as perhaps and possibly for both Rector positions. Was included in original John Nichols (printer) listing.
1662 Daniel Pepys Ordained Deacon by Robert Sanderson Bishop of Lincoln 6 April 1660
Priest 10 April 1661
Curate of Harby, Leicestershire
Vicar of Bisbrooke, Leicestershire 1678
Sizar aged 16 at Peterhouse College, Cambridge
B.A. 1656-7
Born: about 1632 Norfolk
Parents: Son of Richard Pepys 1602
Siblings: Brother of Samuel 1639-40 (not the diarist Samuel Pepys but both are distant relatives)
Married: Elizabeth Todd 27 January 1678 in Bisbrooke, Rutland, England
Died: 1691 aged about 59
Buried at Bisbrooke, Leicestershire
1660–1703 Anthony Harwood Rector of Barnoldby, Lincolnshire 1642
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Rector of Corby, Northamptonshire 1660 Prebendary of Lincoln, Lincolnshire 1660-1703
School: Uppingham, Rutland
sizar aged 15 at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
B.A. 1634/5
M.A. 1638
Created B.D. at Oxford 1642
Chaplain in the Royal Army 1643
Born: about 1614
Parents: Son of Henry Harwood Gentleman of Uppingham, Rutland
Married: Marriage bond 11 July 1642 to Mary Andrews spinster of Nottingham

Charged with popish practices 1644

Died 12 May 1703 aged 89 Monumental Inscription at St John's Corby, Northamptonshire
1638–1698 Richardus Johnson Instituted by William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury, Kent 5 June 1638
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Rector of Sheepy with Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire 1639 - 1679
1680 Edvardus Browne Ordained: 16 March 1679 Deacon by Thomas Barlow Bishop, Lincoln Priest 6 June 1680 by Thomas Barlow Bishop, Lincoln
Curate of Sysonby Chappel, Leicestershire 1679
Curate of Harby, Leicestershire
1687 Laur. Howell, (Laurentius) Ordained: Deacon: 25 September 1687 by Thomas Barlow Bishop, Lincoln
Listed as Preacher (appt. Licensing) Harby, Leicestershire
1688 Gul Lewis (William) Ordained: 11 3 1688 by Thomas Barlow Bishop, Lincoln
Listed as Preacher and Curate (appt. Licensing) Harby, Leicestershire
1692 Robert Peete Ordained: Deacon 26 May 1689 by Thomas Barlow Bishop of Lincoln
Ordained: Priest 22 May 1692 by Thomas Tenison Bishop of Lincoln
Preacher at Sedgebrook with East Allington, East Allington chapel, Totnes 27 May 1689
Preacher at Harby, Leicestershire
1701-1703 Johannes Vincent Ordained: Deacon by James Gardiner Bishop of Lincoln 21 September 1701
Ordained: Priest by James Gardiner Bishop of Lincoln 14 March 1703
Deacon of Harby, Leicestershire
Curate Harby, Leicestershire 15 March 1703
Curate Plungar, Leicestershire 15 March 1703
Vicar of Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire 28 July 1703 – 15 February 1714
Rector of Barkston, Nottinghamshire 22 April 1713 – 15 October 1713
Emmanuel College, Cambridge BA

Died: 15 February 1714
1703–1739 John Major Ordained: Deacon York September 1694
Priest July 1696
Chaplain to the Earl of Rutland
Vicar of Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire, 1702–1703
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Rector of Tollerton, Nottinghamshire 1729-38
School: Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Christ's College, Cambridge 11 December 1690 age 19
B.A. 1692/3
M.A. 1729
Patron: John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland

Born: at Whitwell (or Holme) Derbyshire
Parents: Robert Major Husbandman
Married: Mary Trussel of Belvoir, 29 September 1704 at Harby

Monument inscription in Parish Church: from John Nichols (printer)

In this Chancel, on a flat grey stone, cut round with a deep channel by way of border, is inscribed:
"Here Lieth the body of Mrs Mary Major, the wife of Mr John Major, rector of this parish.
She departed this life 21st day of May,
in the year of our lord 1707."

On a blue plain stone adjoining, the following simple, but high encomium: "Here lieth interred the body of Mr John Major, A.M., late rector of this parish who led an exemplary, friendly and hospitable life among his parishioners for 35 years. He died on June 4, 1739, aged 67."

Died: Died: 4 June 1739 Buried at Harby Leicestershire

Buried: Chancel crypt, Harby, Leicestershire
1738 John Bugg Ordained by William Chaderton Bishop of Lincoln
Curate Harby, Leicestershire
Possible mistake with John Bragg listed as Curate in 1601
1739–1741 William Turvile Ordained: Deacon (London) 25 September 1726
Vicar of Claxton, Leicestershire 1729-39 now Long Clawson
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire 1739-40
Chaplain to the Duke of Rutland
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
B.A. 1721/2
M.A. 1725
Incorporporated at Oxford University 1737
Patron: Lord William Manners for this time

Born: 1 July 1701 Middlesex
Parents: Probable Son of George Turvile of Bromley, Middlesex
Siblings: Probable brother of George Turvile 1713
Died: 21 January 1740 Buried at Long Clawson, Leicestershire
1741–1749 Samuel Kerchevall Ordained: Deacon Lincoln 9 March 1717
Priest 22 June 1718
Vicar of Little Dalby, Leicestershire 1718-1741
Rector of Cold Overton, Leicestershire 1732-1749
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
School: School Grantham, Lincolnshire
St John's College, Cambridge
BA 1719
Patron: John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland

Born: about 1693 - Orstone, Nottinghamshire
Parents: Son of John Kerchevall, Gemtalman
Died: 14 February 1749
1749–1751 Richard Stevens Ordained: Deacon, Lincoln 22 February 1741
Priest York 6 March 1748
Rector of Weston, Nottinghamshire 1748
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Rector of Bottesford Leicestershire 1752-71 Prebendary of Lincoln, Lincolnshire 1767-71
School: Grantham, Lincolnshire
St John's College, Cambridge
B.A. 1739
M.A. 1749
Patron: John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland

Born: about 1718 Grantham, Lincolnshire
Parents: Son of Thomas Stevens Grocer of Grantham, Lincolnshire
Died: 13 March 1771 aged 53
Buried at Grantham, Lincolnshire
1751 Richard Stoup Ordained Curate by Frederick Cornwallis Archbishop or Canterbury, Kent
Ordained Priest 2 June 1751 by John Thomas Bishop of Lincoln
Curate of Harby, Leicestershire 3 June 1751 – 14 March 1755
Vicar of Barkestone, Leicestershire 14 March 1755 – 7 July 1788
Rector of Harston, Leicestershire 17 May 1762 – 14 March 1789
Rector of Woolsthorpe with Stainworth, Lincolnshire 7 December 1786 – 30 October 1788
Rector of Knipton, Leicestershire 16 November 1786 – 25 June 1788
Vicar Of Scalford, Leicestershire 19 May 1787 – 19 May 1787
Admission to Lambeth degree 29 May 1775
1751–1763 William Cant Ordained: Deacon, Lincoln 20 September 1730
Priest 24 September 1732
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Vicar of Somercotes, Lincolnshire
Sizar at Queens' College, Cambridge May 1725
B.A. 1728/9
M.A. 1734
Patron: John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland

Born: about 1707
Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire
issue: John Cant 1740-1781 Rector if Knaptoft Leicestershire and owner of the Wartnaby Estate, Leicesrtershire
William Cant 1734-1789 Curate of Saxelby, Leicestershire 1734 and Rector of Kirk Langley, Derbyshire 1768-1789
1792–1813 Daniel Wagstaff 1803–1841 Curate (appt. Licensing)
Harby, Leicestershire
Eastwell, Leicestershire
Goadby Marwood, Leicestershire
Scalford, Leicestershire
School: Newcastle-on-Tyne School, Northumberland
Lincoln College, Oxford
BA 1791
Born: 1769
Parents: Josiah WAGSTAFF of Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co. Durham
Died: 17 December 1841 aged 74
1763–1804 Bennet Storer Ordained deacon (Lincoln), 24 September 1749 Ordained priest 2 December 1750
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Prebendary of the Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of Christ Canterbury, Kent 1769–1804
School: Grantham, Lincolnshire
Trinity College, Cambridge BA 1748/9 MA 1763
Born: 1726
Parents: Francis Storer Vicar of St Mary Magdalene's Church, Stapleford, Leicestershire Baptised there 21 November 1726
Had the misfortune to kill a man in self-defence while in lodgings at the Swan public house at Westminster Bridge; tried at the Old Bailey, London on 17 January 1777 and honourably acquitted.[19]
Died: 9 July 1804 aged 78
Will held at The National Archives (United Kingdom)PROB 11/1404/82
1804–1826 Thomas Norris Rector of Harby, Leicestershire Trinity College, Cambridge
BA
Patron: John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland

Born: 1772
Baptized: 20 March 1772 at St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Married: Sarah Elye Towne on 21 December 1809 Bottesford Church, Leicestershire. Sarah's father was the Reverend Leonard Elye Towne of Utterby, Lincolnshire
Issue: Sarah Eyle Norris 1813, John Eyle Norris 1816, Frances Elizabeth Norris 1819, William Norris 1824
Died: Parish Rectory, Harby, Leicestershire
1826–1852 William Evans Hartopp Vicar of Thurnby with Stoughton, Leicestershire, 1820- vacant 1832
Rector of Gt Kington, Dorset
1825–26
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
School: Sonning Hill, Sonning, Berkshire

Trinity College, Cambridge. BA 1817, MA 1831

Born: Old Dalby, Leicestershire. on 30 October 1793

Parents: Edward Hartopp-Wigley
Hon. Juliana Evans 1760 – 20 May 1807 daughter of George Evans, 3rd Baron Carbery
Married: (1st) Eliza Georgiana Gubbins, died 15 February 1848 aged 51 years – daughter of George Stamer Gubbins of Kilfrush, Co. Limerick
Issue: Edward Samuel Evans Hartopp Edward Hartopp (cricketer) 7 September 1820 – 5 October 1894
Married: (2nd) Eliza Manners, daughter of Rev. E. Manners of Goadby Marwood, Leicestershire
Died: 2 October 1852 at Parish Rectory, Harby, Leicestershire

1852–1899 Manners Octavius Norman Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 1844
Ordained priest, 1845
Rector of Croxton-Kerrial, Leicestershire 1846–1853
Rector of Harby Leicestershire
Rural Dean Framland III Deanery 1872–1885
School: Rugby School Rugby, Warwickshire
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
BA 1845
Born: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire 5 March 1818

Parents: Richard Norman 1758–1847
Lady Elizabeth Isabella Manners 1976–1853
Married: Charlotte Elizabeth Ralph, born 1828 Cork, Ireland
Issue: James Richard Norman 1868–1927

The memorial inscription reads: In memory of the Revd. Manners Octavius NORMAN, born March 5. 1818. Died May 28. 1899. 46 years rector of Harby from 1853 to 1899. rural dean, Framland III Deanery, 1872 to 1885. Opera fecit. New schools & house costing £1000. Church & chancel restored costing £1875. Organ £81. Bells re-hung & a new Queen Victoria's Jubilee bell added 1887 costing £166. This tablet was placed here by parishioners and friends. His first text at Harby St Luke 24.44.[20]

Died: 28 May 1899 at Parish Rectory, Harby, Leicestershire

1899–1925 Edward Henry Stone Ordained: Deacon in 1889
Rector of Bottesford 1890 1894
Rector of St Barnabas, Kensington
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Born: 1860
Was at sea as a boy.
Married: Life bachelor
Died: 10 January 1925 at Parish Rectory, Harby, Leicestershire.
Buried in Parish Churchyard, Harby, Leicestershire.
1926–1946 Arthur Evelyn Furnival Rector Exeter College, Oxford
BA
1946–1949 William Paul Watkins Acting curate at St Peter's, Maidstone, Kent
Chaplain to Eastern Command Forces in 1940
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Lincoln College, Oxford
BA
He was mentioned in despatches while serving in Africa and Italy

Some of the church's achievements during his incumbency at Harby has been the levelling and grassing of the new churchyard, the passing of Harby's target of £300 for the Leicester Diocesan Appeal fund (it stood at £10 when he arrived), and for Harby's 15th-century church— St Mary's, a new window, a credence table, new hymn and prayer books. The church's heating system was repaired.[21]
1949–1959 Alfred Cuthbert Holden Rector of Oaks-in-Charnwood, Leicestershire
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire,
University of St Andrews, Scotland
MA
1959–1961 Charles Brian Underwood Rector of Harby, Leicestershire University of Leeds
BA
1961–1963 Joseph Henry Dransfield Rector of Harby, Leicestershire Not listed in Crockford's Clerical Directory
Born: 14 March 1893 Heaton Norris, Lancashire
Death: 10 December 1963 Leicester, Leicestershire
1964–1974 Ieuan Delvin Powell Rector of Harby, Leicestershire University of Wales BA
1975–1977 John Sydney Savige Priest-in-charge
Rector of Harby, Leicestershire
Rural Dean Framland III Deanery 1977 - 1989
Patron: Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland

Born: Leicester, Leicestershire, England on 18 Oct 1924 to Thomas Sydney Savige and Margaret Frances Benner.
Married: Freda Amy Lacey.
Died: 7 Jul 1997 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England.
1990–1994 Simon Bailey Ordained Deacon 1983
(Ripon) and Priest 1984 (Ripon)
Team Rector (Harby, Hose and Long Clawson)
MusB Hons., Manchester University; PGCE, Cambridge University; BCombStuds., Nottingham University (Lincoln Theological College) Patron: Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland (Harby).

Born: 1956 in West Dorset.
Married: Jane Elizabeth Lees 1985.
Issue: Rebecca and Sarah (born in Melton Mowbray).

Played cricket for Belvoir CC and Lincs Gents; Country member at Nottinghamshire County CC. Formed the Vale Choir with Colin Newel. With parishioners, founded the Fellowship Lunches that ran for many years in all three villages. More often than not, rode his bicycle between the three village churches.
After an incumbency in Woodhall, Pudsey, in the Diocese of Bradford, the family migrated to Australia in 2003.

1994–1998 Mark Turner Curate of Harby Leicestershire Sarum and Wells Theological College, Salisbury
1994–1998 Geoffrey Spencer Priest-in-charge Nottingham University, Nottingham
1997–1999 David Francis Mills Curate of Harby, Leicestershire Oak Hill Theological College, London
2000 +++ +++++ +++++ Formal Team of churches [Long Clawson, Hose, Harby, Stathern Plunger and Bottesford] officially came into effect
1999–2008 Robin Duncan Stapleford Ordained at Leicester Cathedral in 1996
Curate of Evington Leicester
Team Rector based at Harby
St John's College, Nottingham moved back to Norfolk now Rector with Diocese of Norwich
Charles Anthony Bradshaw as Rural dean at Bottesford
2002–2005 Stephen Patrick James Burnham Curate Christ Church, Oxford
2005–2009 Stuart Jack Foster Priest-in-charge Oak Hill Theological College
2009-2017 Frederick Philip Richard John Connell Team Vicar St John's College, Nottingham
2017-2021 James (Jamie) Hugh Mackay Priest in Charge (Rector Designate) From 23 March 2017
2021 ++++++ Conventional District of Harby Formation ++++++
The Conventional District of Harby was created in 2021 (its boundary to be contiguous with the Ecclesiastical Parish of Harby) to remove Harby (temporarily) from the Benefice of 6 parishes created in 2000 and to allow an independent incumbent to hold office within the District. It is intended that the role will develop new missional and ministry initiatives.
2021 - Onwards Paul Robert Towns Ordained Deacon, 2 July 2017, by Martyn Snow Bishop of Leicester in Leicester Cathedral

Ordained Priest 30 June 2018 by Martyn Snow Bishop of Leicester in Leicester Cathedral

Family Chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Rutland 2014 to 2017

Curate - Asfordby with Ab Kettleby and Holwell, Shoby with Saxelbye, Grimston and Wartnaby. 2017 to 2021

Minister in Charge of the Conventional District of Harby, Leicestershire from 5 August 2021
Colchester Royal Grammar School

Seale Hayne College (Plymouth University) 1993 B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture

Nottingham University - 2004 MA. Theology

Westcott House Theological College, Cambridge 2015-2017

Cambridge University 2017 P.G. Dip. Theology
Patron: David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland

Born: Myland, Colchester, Essex

Married: Helen Elizabeth (Cottle) 1997
Issue: Montgomery, Emily and Harriet

Resident at Harby Hall (adjacent to Parish Church) where Paul keeps horses and sheep on the land surrounding the Church

Notable people

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  • Samuel Levis, born in Harby on 30 September 1649, son of Christopher Levis, was married on 4 May 1680 to Elizabeth Claytor. He received a Quaker certificate of removal in July 1684 and arrived in Pennsylvania by 4 November 1684. Levis died between 4 October 1728 (the date of his will) and 13 April 1734 (date of probate).
  • Harby farm labourer Kemp, born in 1884, was recorded in 1956 by the University of Leeds, talking about sheep shearing, washing, dipping and the price of a fleece.[22]

Amenities

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Harby has a post office, a village shop and a cafe, all located at the village garage in Nether Street. The nearest centre for trade, medical services and other amenities is Melton Mowbray.

War memorial

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War memorial, Harby

[23] The war memorial cross was erected in honour of the Harby soldiers and sailors who participated in the First World War.

The accepted plans were drawn up by Mr T. Burbidge and the work was entrusted to Mr S. Squires of Bingham.
The height is nearly 15 ft, the lower of the two bases being 8 ft square. The stone above is 4 ft square and 2 ft in height, containing 99 names, 19 on the front face being those who were killed in action or died on service. The remaining 80 are those who enlisted from the village and survived.

Surrounding this stone is an old shaft and base from an ancient village cross, capped with a new cross suggesting what the original may have looked like, drawn by a former rector, Rev. Manners Octavius Norman. The whole, old and new, is of Portland stone. This relic of the old village cross stood originally on the village green, some yards from its present position. It was moved to the churchyard when the school was built in 1860. The arrow marks where the new cross was fitted to the old. The steel brace which joins the two parts together was made by Mr. Martin Stead, the village blacksmith."

The unveiling ceremony on the night of Thursday, 20 May 1920, was performed by the Rev. E. H. Stone, Rector, in the presence of 200 people and of the church and chapel choirs. Sixty ex-servicemen formed a guard of honour. The text runs:[24][25][26]

ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919.

OFFERED UPON THE ALTAR OF THE NATION

Name Regiment Date killed in action Age Commemorated / Buried Notes
John William Hoyes Leicestershire Yeomanry 13 May 1915 26 Panel 5 of the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Francis Arther Hoyes
Frederick Walter Mabbot Leicestershire Yeomanry 13 May 1915 28 Panel 5 of the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Born: 1886 Harby, Leicestershire
Family Home: Burden Lane, Harby, Leicestershire
John Edgar Dewey Northamptonshire Regiment 3 October 1915 24 Laos Memoria Born: 1890 Harby, Leicestershire
Family Home: near The Post Office, Harby, Leicestershire
George Henry Moulds Leicestershire Regiment 28 January 1916 25 Buried in XII.J.6 of the Amara War Cemetery Born: Harby, Leicestershire
Family Home: Stathern Lane, Harby, Leicestershire

Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal
Albert Edward Moulds Rifle Brigade 14 April 1916 23 Panel 46-48 & 50 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Born: 1893 Harby, Leicestershire
Family Home: 21 Stoney Street, Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Herbert Hand 30 July 1916 Panel 69 to 73 of the Loos Memorial
Lesley Woodford Royal Sussex Regiment 21 September 1916 23 1.1.4 Sucrerie Military Cemetery Colincamps Born: 1893 Harby, Leicestershire
13 Exchange Row, Harby, Leicestershire
William Wright Leicestershire Regiment 25 September 1916 21 Pier and Face 2C. & 3A. Thiepval Memorial Born: 1895 Hose, Leicestershire
Faily Home: Colston Lane, Harby, Leicestershire
Tom Rawlings Royal Sussex Regiment 17 October 1916 32 Pier and Face 7.C Thiepval Memorial Born: 1884 Harby, Leicestershire
Family Home: Sandy Lane, Harby, Leicestershire
Frank Williamson Wesson Leicestershire Regiment 20 April 1917 36 IV.B.56, Longuenesse St Omer Souvenir Cemetery Born: 1881 Harby, Leicestershire
Family Home: Burden Lane, Harby, Leicestershire
Jackson Smith 20 September 1917 7-17-23-25-27-29 31, Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
James Henry Hall Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 26 October 1917 23 Hooge Crater Cemetery Born: 1894 Harby, Leicestershire
Family Home: The Mill, Colston Lane, Harby, Leicestershire
Thomas Bernard Goodson Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) 5 November 1917 19 Panel 99 to 102 & 162 to 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial Born: 16 August 1898 Stathern, Leicestershire
Family Home: Waltham Road, Harby, Leicestershire
Edward Cooke 6 December 1917 Panel B, Cambrai Memorial, Louvervai
Thomas Alfred Kemp Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) 23 March 1918 19 Bay 7 Arras Memorial Born: 2 February 1899 Harby, Leicestershire
Family Home: 9 Exchange Row, Harby, Leicestershire
Francis Arther Hoyes North Staffordshire Regiment 6 June 1918 24 Soissons Memorial Born: 1894 Harby, Leicestershire
Brother of John William Hoyes
Thomas Leonard Stevens 1 October 1918 A.14, Switch British Cemetery, Tjlloy-Les-Cambrai
Harold W Moulds 1 October 1918 B.5, Conde-sur-l'Escaut Communal Cemetery
John Thomas Bailey Royal Garrison Artillery
Section - 76th Siege Battery
7 October 1918 31 I.C.8 Noyelles-sur-L'Escaut Communal Cemetery Extension Born: 4 October 1887 Long Clawson, Leicestershire
Family Home: Harby, Leicestershire
William Hatton Greaves 3 November 1918 2130 Melton Mowbray, Thorpe Road Cemetery
Robert Archibald Stokes Durham Light Infantry 17 January 1919 19 St Mary's Parish Churchyard, Harby, Leicestershire Born: 7 June 1899 Harby, Leicestershire
Family Home: Stathern Road, Harby, Leicestershire
Was held captive as a prisoner of war in Germany


After the 1939–1945 war, two names of men who did not return were carved on the base.

AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945

Name Regiment Date killed in action Age Commemorated / Buried Notes
Akerman Charlie Dewey Middlesex Regiment 18 October 1943 20 plot XIV. A. 37. Sangro River War Cemetery Born: 1923 Harby Leicestershire
John William Mabbott (Jack) Royal West Kent Regiment 25 October 1944 33 plot I, F, 13.Santerno Valley War Cemetery Born: 1911 Harby Leicestershire

Public houses

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Originally there were three:

  • The Marquis of Granby stood opposite the junction of Boyers Orchard in Stathern Lane, as one of many named after John Manners, Marquess of Granby. Now a private house, it ceased trading some time between 1871 and 1881.
  • The White Hart in Main Street traded opposite the Nags Head, both being managed by Home Breweries of Nottingham. It was demolished in 2005 and its site used for housing.
    White Hart, Harby
    White Hart, Harby
  • The Nags Head, as the survivor, is one of the oldest buildings in the village and reputedly one of the oldest pubs in Leicestershire. It may once have been a priest house: evidence of a priest hole can be seen in one of the upper rooms. It forms one of the best examples of early timber-frame construction in the area.
    Nags Head, Harby
    Nags Head, Harby

Transport

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Remains of the Harby tower mill

Harby is almost equidistant at 7 miles (11 km) from the A46 between Leicester and Newark-on-Trent and the A52 trunk road between Nottingham and Grantham. It is just over 5 miles (8.0 km) from the main A607 between Leicester and Grantham. London is 126 miles (203 km) via the M1 motorway.

The village is served by the No. 24 bus between Melton Mowbray and Bottesford or Bingham.[27]

Harby and Stathern railway station opened in 1879 and closed in 1962.

The wharf of Grantham Canal was formerly used to ship grain from the village windmill in Colston Lane, but is now closed.

References

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