Narborough, Leicestershire

Description
Narborough, a village, a township, and a parish in Leicestershire. The village stands on the river Soar, and on the Fosse Way, near the Leicester and Nuneaton branch of the L. & N.W.R., 5 1/2 miles SW by S of Leicester; is a considerable place, and has a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Leicester. The township includes the village, and extends into the country. The parish contains, for ecclesiastical purposes, Huncote. Acreage, 2606; population of the civil parish, 1362; of the ecclesiastical, with Huncote, 1450. There is a parish council consisting of six members, and two members are sent to the district council. There are several granite quarries, which provide employment for many of the inhabitants. The manor of Huncote belongs to the Countess of Stamford and Warrington. The living is a rectory, united with that of Huncote, in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £400 with residence. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, with a massive tower; it was well restored in 1883, when a new chancel was built. There is a Congregational chapel.