In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ab Kettleby like this:
AB-KETTLEBY, a township and a parish in Melton Mowbray district, Leicester. The township lies on an affluent of the river Wreak, at Broughton hill, 2¾ miles N by E of Asfordby r. station, and 3 NW by N of Melton-Mowbray; and has a post office under Melton-Mowbray. Pop., 224. Houses, 50. ...
The parish contains also the township of Holwell. Acres, 2,920. Rated property, £1,805. Pop., 371. Houses, 82. The property is sub-divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, not reported. Patron, Rev. T. Bingham. The church belonged anciently to Laund priory, was recently restored, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £8.
Ab Kettleby through time
Ab Kettleby is now part of Melton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Melton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ab Kettleby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ab Kettleby, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10560
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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