Medbourne, Leicestershire

Description
Medbourne, a village, a township, and a parish in Leicestershire. The village stands on a rivulet near its influx to the river Welland at the boundary with Northamptonshire, and under a bill near the site of a Roman station on the Via Devana, has a station on the Peterborough and Leicester branch of the Great Northern and London and North-Western Joint railway, and is 4 1/2 miles W by N from Rockingham, and 6 1/2 NE of Market Harborough. It has a post and money order office under Market Harborough; telegraph office, at railway station. The parish includes also the chapelry of Holt. Acreage, 3034; population, 469. The parish council, under the Local Government Act, 1894, consists of five members. A Roman pavement, coins, pottery, and other relics have been found at Medenborough, the site of the Roman station. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Holt, in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £542 with residence. Patron, St John's College, Cambridge. The church is an ancient cruciform building of stone in the Early English style, and consists of nave, S aisle, transepts, and chancel, with a tower. There are a mission hall, a recreation ground of 4 acres, and some small charities.