Shoby Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Shoby is an extra-parochial place and hamlet, of Saxelbye, formerly called Sholeby or Sholby, but now Shoby. The parish of Grimston intervenes, geographically, between the hamlet and the mother parish.

Alternative names: Siwoldby

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHOBY, an extra-parochial tract in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 4½ miles WNW of Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 710. Real property, £1,149. Pop., 39. Houses, 5.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Shoby Parish Registers

Sholeby Parish Registers 1555 to 1837 Leicestershire Parish Registers: Marriages. General Editor: Thos. M. Blagg, F.S.A. Edited by E. K. Elliott. Vol. 11. London: Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124 Chancery Lane. 1914. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Shoby – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Shoby, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Melton Mowbray
  • Probate Court: Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
  • Diocese: Not Applicable
  • Rural Deanery: Not Applicable
  • Poor Law Union: Melton Mowbray
  • Hundred: East Goscote
  • Province: Canterbury