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DALBY (Great), or Dalby Magna, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 3 miles S by W of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 2, 328. Real property, £3, 252. Pop., 484. Houses, 97. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £209.* Patron, Sir R. Burdett, Bart. The church is old and bad. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Great Dalby Parish Melton Mowbray Poor Law Union/Registration District Leicestershire Ancient County |
| Place names: | DALBY | DALBY GREAT | DALBY GREAT OR DALBY MAGNA | DALBY MAGNA | GREAT DALBY |
| Place: | Great Dalby |
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