Searching for "GREAT DALBY"

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    Place name County Entry Source
    Dalby, Great Leicestershire Dalby, Great , par. and ry. sta., N. Leicestershire, 3 miles SW. of Melton Mowbray, 2328 ac., pop. 455; P.O.; contains Bartholomew
    DALBY (Great), or Dalby Magna Leicestershire DALBY (Great) , or Dalby Magna, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 3 miles S by W of Melton-Mowbray Imperial
    Great Dalby Leicestershire Great Dalby , ry. sta., 3 miles SW. of Melton Mowbray, N. Leicestershire; P.O. Sce DALBY, GREAT. Bartholomew
    LEICESTERSHIRE, or LEICESTER Leicestershire Dalby Hall, Edmondthorpe Hall, Enderby Hall, Evington Hall, Four Elms Lodge, Frith House, Gaddesby Hall, Garendon Park, Goadby Hall, Grace Dieu Manor, Grangewood House, Great Imperial
    LINCOLN Lincolnshire
    Nottinghamshire
    Great Grimsby, Holton-le-Clay, Humberstone, and Tetney; and the p. curacies of Ailsby and Waithe. The deanery of Hill-first contains the rectories of Belshford, ClaxbyPluckacre, Fulletby, Greetham, Hameringham, Scrayfield, South Ormsby, Ketsby, Driby, Oxcomb, Ruckland, Fairforth, Salmonby, Somersby, Tetford, Low Toynton, and Winceby; the vicarages of Ashby-Puerorum and Maidenwell; and the p. curacy of Scamblesby. The deanery of Hill-second contains the rectories of Aswardby, Bag-Enderby, Hagworthingham, Harrington, Langton-by-Partney, Sausthorpe, Spilsby, and Sutterby; the Vicarage of Hundleby; and the p. curacies of Asgarby and Dalby Imperial
    LINCOLNSHIRE, or LINCOLN Lincolnshire Great Grimsby, Lincoln, Louth, and part of Stamford. It is divided again, for parliamentary representation, into North and South, the former consisting of the Parts of Lindsey, the latter of the Parts of Kesteven and the Parts of Holland; and the place of election for the North is Lincoln, and that for the South is Sleaford. Each of the two divisions sends two members to parliament; the boroughs of Boston, Grantham, Lincoln, and Stamford also each send two; and the borough of Great Grimsby sends one. The registration county gives off twenty-six parishes and two extra-parochial places Imperial
    MELTON-MOWBRAY Leicestershire Dalby-on-the-Wolds, Grimston, and Saxilby, the chapelry of Wartnaby, and the extraparochial tract of Shoby. Acres, 17,900. Pop., 6,375. Houses, 1,353.—The district comprehends also the subdistrict of Somerby, containing the parishes of Somerby, Pickwell, Little Dalby, Burrough, Twyford, Great Imperial
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