Wyfordby

Extract from White's Leicester and Rutland Directory 1877

WYFORDBY, or Wyverby, on the north side of the river Eye and the Oakham Canal, 8 miles E. of Melton Mowbray, in that Union and County Court District, and Framland Hundred, has in its parish 103 inhabitants, and about 1350 acres of land, inclusive of Brentingby Chapelry, which is united with it as a township for the support of the poor and roads. The soil is chiefly a blue clay, and belongs mostly to D.Thwaites, Esq., M.P., of Blackburn, the lord of the manor, which was held by Roger de Busli, in 1086, but has been held by the Hartopps since 1643. The CHURCH (St. Mary) is an ancient edifice, built in the thirteenth century, with a tower and two bells; it was thoroughly restored in 1869, at a cost of £1,000. The seats are open, and the pulpit is of oak finely carved. At the restoration, Captain G. J. Oakley, nephew of the rector, presented a harmonium to the church. The living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £6, and now at £192 per annum, and has about 56 acres of glebe. P. Thwaites, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. Win. Henry Oakley, B.A., surrogate, is the incumbent, and has a neat residence, built in 1781. A small NATIONAL SCHOOL was built here in 1841. The parish feast is on Whit-Sunday. The farm occupied by Mrs. Hubbard is supposed to have been in that family since 1401.
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