Lubenham, Leicestershire

Description
Lubenham, a village, a township, and a parish in Leicestershire, divided from Northamptonshire by the river Wel-land, with a station on the Rugby and Stamford branch of the L. & N.W.R., 2 miles W of Market Harborough, and ta post, money order, and telegraph office under Market Har-feorough. The parish is traversed by the Union and Grand Union Canals, which unite near Foxton Locks, and comprises 2729 acres; population, 680. It has a parish council of six members. Papillon Hall is an ancient octagonal building standing on an eminence about a mile from the village. There are traces of a Roman camp of 8 acres. The weaving of carriage and livery lace is carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £170. The church is Early English; comprises nave, aisles, chancel, and S porch,with a tower and five bells; includes a chantry; and contains a hagioscope and an Easter shrine. There is also a Congregational chapel, which is used by Baptists as well as Con-gregationalists.