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FREEBY, a chapelry in Melton-Mowbray parish, Leicester; near the river Wreak and the Melton-Mowbray canal, 1 mile NW of Saxby r. station, and 3¼ ENE of Melton-Mowbray. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1, 546. Real property, £2, 016. Pop., 126. Houses, 26. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Melton-Mowbray, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is old; and there is an Independent chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Freeby CP/Tn/Ch Melton Mowbray AP/CP Leicestershire AncC |
Place: | Freeby |
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