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DALBY (Little), or Dalby Parva, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 3½ miles SSE of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1,848. Real property, £2, 861. Pop., 183. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. Dalby House is the seat of E. B. Hartopp, Esq. The parish is a meet for the Cottesmore hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £. 263.* Patron, E. B. Hartopp, Esq. The church is modern and very good; and has monuments of the Hartopps.
(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: | Little Dalby Parish Melton Mowbray Poor Law Union/Registration District Leicestershire Ancient County |
| Place names: | DALBY | DALBY LITTLE | DALBY LITTLE OR DALBY PARVA | DALBY PARVA | LITTLE DALBY |
| Place: | Little Dalby |
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