Stonesby

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Stonesby
Leicestershire
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Stonesby's village green
Location
Grid reference: SK825245
Location: 52°48’43"N, 0°46’30"W
Data
Post town: Melton Mowbray
Postcode: LE14
Dialling code: 01664
Local Government
Council: Melton

Stonesby is a small village and ancient parish in the Framland hundred of Leicestershire. It is six miles north-east of Melton Mowbray, and a mile and a half south-east of Waltham on the Wolds. Since 1936 it has formed part of the civil parish of Sproxton.

Stonesby broadly consists of a small number of limestone habitats concentrated around the local parish church, set amongst a broad area of arable land.

The 14th-century parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.[1] It was renovated in 1875 by R.W. Johnson and is a Grade-II* listed building [2]

References

  1. A Church Near You. "Stonesby: St Peter, Stonesby". Church of England. http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=3478. Retrieved 2007-06-20. 
  2. National Heritage List 1360956: CHURCH OF ST PETER

Outside links

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  • Stonesby, Leicestershire Villages entry.
St Peter's church
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