Sileby, Leicestershire

Description
Sileby, a village and a parish in Leicestershire. The village stands on the M.R., on which it has a station, 1 1/2 mile E by N of Mountsorrel, and 5 SE from Loughborough. It consists chiefly of two streets, crossing each other nearly at right angles, is traversed by the railway on a lofty embankment and viaduct, and has a post and money order office under Loughborough; telegraph office at the railway station. The parish comprises 2295 acres; population, 2380. The manor belongs to the Pochin family. The manufacture of hosiery and of boots and shoes is carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £230 with residence. The church is an ancient building of granite, in the Decorated Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and a fine lofty pinnacled tower, and was restored at a cost of £6000 in 1880. An ancient elm in the churchyard measures about 30 feet in circumference. There are also Roman Catholic, Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels. A cemetery of two acres, with two mortuary chapels, was formed in 1881.