Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WARTNABY

WARTNABY, a chapelry in Rothley parish, Leicester; 4½ miles NW of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 640. Real property, £1,224. Pop., 116. Houses, 24. The manor belongs to the trustees of the late Sir J. Parker. W. Hall is the seat of H.Bingham, Esq. The living is annexed to Rothley. The church is good. Charities, £12.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Rothley Tn/AP/CP       Wartnaby CP/Ch       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Wartnaby

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