Blaby, Leicestershire

Description
Blaby, a union town, a township, and a parish in Leicestershire, on a branch of the river Soar and on the Union Canal, 4 1/2 miles S of Leicester, with a station on the L. & N.W.R., and a post and money order office under Leicester; telegraph office. South Wigston. Area, 1332 acres;, population, 1646. Shoemaking and framework knitting are the chief industries. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net yearly value, £400, derived chiefly from 327 acres of glebe with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is a stone building in the Early Gothic style, and is believed to date from the 13th century. There is also a Baptist chapel. Blaby Hall is a fine country house in the Elizabethan style, standing in the midst of extensive pleasure grounds.