Somerby, Leicestershire

Description
Somerby, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, 3 miles E from John o' Gaunt station on the Melton and Market Harborough branch of the G.N. and L. & N.W. Joint railways, 5 W from Oakham, and 6 SSE from Melton Mowbray. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office under Oakham. Acreage, 1470; population of the civil parish, 488; of the ecclesiastical, 513. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The land is principally used for grazing. Bricks are made. The manor belongs to the Earl of Dysart. Somerby Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £117 with residence. The church, an ancient edifice of stone in the Early English and Decorated styles, consists of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and an embattled central tower with spire. There are also Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels, a working-men's institute, and an Oddfellows' hall.