Little Dalby

• The parish was in the Somerby sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
   
• In 1935, the parish was transferred to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
   
• The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint James.
   
• The church is of Norman origin, built in the 11th century.
   
• The church was extensively repaired in 1843.
   
• The church was restored in 1851-52.
   
• The church seats 200.
   
• Tim HEATON has a photograph of the Church of St James on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2005.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has an interior photograph of the Church of St James on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2017.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1579.
   
• The church is in the rural deanery of Framland (third portion) and, by 1912, the rural deanery of Goscote (first portion).
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Somerby sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
   
• In 1935, the parish was transferred to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
   

Little Dalby was a village and a parish 4.5 miles south-south-east of Melton Mowbray and 108 miles north of London. The parish covered 1,885 acres before it was amalgamated into the Burton and Dalby Civil Parish.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A606 trunk road south-east out of Melton Mowbray. Turn off (to the right) onto Stygate Lane for Little Dalby about 5 miles down the road.
   
• Several streams in the parish feed into the River Eye.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village sign on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2017.
   
• Tim HEATON has a photograph of the pretty, quiet little village of Little Dalby on a sunny day on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2005.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Little Dalby to another place.

• The parish has a chalybeate spring.
   
• It is reported that Mrs. ORTON made the first Stilton cheese here in 1730, but neighboring communities dispute this.
   
• Much of the parish land was used for grazing.
   

• Dalby Hall was first built in the reign of Elizabeth I. The centre of the Hall was rebuilt in 1838.
   
• Additional restoration work was done on the Hall in 1851.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the East Gate to Little Dalby Hall on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2017.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK776134 (Lat/Lon: 52.712707, -0.852757), Little Dalby which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

In 1925, Lt.-Col. James D. L. Burns Hartopp of the Royal Horse Guards resided in the parish.

• Although officially "Little Dalby", indexes may carry the name as "Dalby Little" or the Latin form of "Dalby Parva".
   

• This place was an ancient parish in Leicestershire and was a Civil Parish until 1936.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Framland Hundred in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
   
• In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and the area made part of the Burton and Dalby Civil Parish.
   
• You may contact the Burton and Dalby Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but they are NOT staffed to perform family history searches for you.
   
• District governance is provided by the Melton Borough Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Melton Mowbray petty session hearings.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1841	184
1861	183
1871	210
1881	154
1891	184
1901	144
1911	151
1921	118
1931	118

• A Parochial School (later termed a "Public Elementary School") was built by 1881 to hold 30 students.
   
• Prior to 1881, students attended the school at Pickwell.