47-1089: Harby may refer to: Places [ edit ] Harby, Leicestershire , England Clawson, Hose and Harby , a civil parish in Leicestershire Harby and Stathern railway station , a former station in Leicestershire Harby, Nottinghamshire , England Doddington and Harby railway station , a former station on the Notts-Lincs border Hårby , Denmark Harby near Kalmar in Sweden People [ edit ] Harby baronets Arthur Harby (1906–1989), English rower Harold Harby (1894–1978), Norwegian-born Los Angeles councillor Isaac Harby (1788–1828), American teacher, playwright, literary critic etc. Kathryn Harby-Williams (born 1969), Australian netball player and TV presenter Lee Cohen Harby (1849–1918), American writer Topics referred to by
94-540: A one-nation conservative . In October 2022, Kearns was elected Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee . She is the first woman to ever be elected to the role, and the youngest ever female Chair of a Select Committee. Alicia Kearns was born on 11 November 1987 and grew up in Cambridgeshire , where she attended a comprehensive school, Impington Village College . During her teenage years, she
141-1117: A considerable sum. Master Robert Carleton besides being rector of Harby and of Westmill, Herefordshire, which brought him a clear 630 when he had paid his curates, was also rector of Roos in Yorkshire. Died: 1600 Thomas Daffy was the inventor of Daffy's Elixir Trinity College, Cambridge. BA 1817, MA 1831 Parents: Edward Hartopp-Wigley Hon. Juliana Evans 1760 – 20 May 1807 daughter of George Evans, 3rd Baron Carbery Married: (1st) Eliza Georgiana Gubbins, died 15 February 1848 aged 51 years – daughter of George Stamer Gubbins of Kilfrush, Co. Limerick Issue: Edward Samuel Evans Hartopp Edward Hartopp (cricketer) 7 September 1820 – 5 October 1894 Married: (2nd) Eliza Manners, daughter of Rev. E. Manners of Goadby Marwood, Leicestershire Died: 2 October 1852 at Parish Rectory, Harby, Leicestershire Parents: Richard Norman 1758–1847 Lady Elizabeth Isabella Manners 1976–1853 Married: Charlotte Elizabeth Ralph, born 1828 Cork, Ireland Issue: James Richard Norman 1868–1927 The memorial inscription reads: In memory of
188-480: A cost of more than £80 and transported to Harby in 1874, where it was first installed at an additional cost of £11 in the northeast corner of the north aisle, where the font stands now. When a new vestry was built in 1903, the organ was moved to face north into the chancel choir. The organ has been maintained by Hawkins, organ builders of Walsall , West Midlands , who were initially requested to quote for an electric blower in 1945. Thereafter they overhauled and cleaned
235-607: A fee and the advowson . In 1370 Roger le Warre and Alianora, his wife, held the manor. In 1391 Simon Pakeman and Agnes, his wife held 12 messuages . In 1394 Maria, wife of John de Ros held one-eighth of a fee. In 1396 Robert Hauberk, an outlaw, held 1 messuage and 7 bovates. In 1412 John West held the manor. In 1416 Thomas West held the manor. In 1427 Sir Reginald West, Lord Delawarre, held it. In 1450 Reginald West held it. Edward IV. granted lands here to William Hastings, and in 1481 he held lands and messuage and Gracedieu Priory held lands. In 1552 William Brabazon held half
282-469: A rebellion against Johnson, stating that "I make no apology for meeting with my colleagues, but it was not a coup or any such activity despite the mischief of the media or certain actors who might wish to suggest otherwise." Kearns has been a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee since March 2020. She is also on the steering committee of the China Research Group. On 12 October 2022, she
329-517: Is 5 shillings. In 1622 William Burton described in his book The Description of Leicester Shire (page 127). "Harby, in olde deedes written Herdeby in the Hundred of Framland, standing in the Vale of Bever upon the border of Nottinghamshire. In the 20. yeere of Edward the third, William Lord Ros, and John de Oreby held lands heere. In the 44. yeere of Edward the third, Roger Delaware was Lord of this Mannor. In
376-495: Is Francis Earle of Rutland. This Rectory is valued in the King's books at 20 pounds." In 1815 John Nichols described Harby in his book The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicestershire . "Harby... is destitute of woods and streams; no high road leads through or beside it. A heavy clay spreads over every acre in the parish and the uniform operations of husbandry give a sameness to
423-633: Is Melton Mowbray. The war memorial cross was erected in honour of the Harby soldiers and sailors who participated in the First World War . Alicia Kearns Alicia Alexandra Martha Kearns (born 11 November 1987) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutland and Stamford , previously Rutland and Melton , since 2019 and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs since July 2024. She identifies ideologically as
470-626: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Harby, Leicestershire Harby is an English village and a former civil parish , now in the parish of Clawson, Hose and Harby , in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire . It lies in the Vale of Belvoir , 9.4 miles (15.1 km) north of Melton Mowbray and 13.9 miles (22.4 km) west-south-west of Grantham . Although in Leicestershire ,
517-565: Is no mansion or ancient building in the village; but the present rector has lately built a neat and convenient house...." In 1831 the Reverend John Curtis described Harby in his book, A Topographical History of the County of Leicester . Harby, Herdebi, Hertebi In 1535 the Rectory was valued at £201. The parish was inclosed in 1790. At the general survey in 1086, Robert de Todenei ( Robert de Todeni ) held 17 carucates, 3 ploughs were in
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#1732851171795564-460: The Wesleyan congregation had outgrown the coach house, which was replaced by a chapel built on Orson's land. The foundation stone was laid by C. H. Clark, a Nottingham solicitor, and opening sermons were preached by Rev. John Rattenbury and Rev. James Everett . In 1874 it was refurbished. In 1926 a new two-manual pipe organ by E. Wragg & Son of Nottingham was installed at a cost of £210, but it
611-420: The 13th century, the present stone tower was built at the west end of the nave and the wooden nave and chancel were rebuilt in stone. The nave was widened, so that its walls joined the tower at the west end, on the outer edges of the tower buttresses. The chancel roof was raised in about 1350 and new windows were added. The first window in the north wall of the chancel nearest to the nave has three panes showing
658-603: The 25. of Henry the eight the Lord Delaware was Lord of this Mannor as it appeareth by an Inquisition taken after the death of Sir John Digby Knight, in the said 25.yeere of Henry the eight, where it was found that the said Sir John Digby held 4. messuages (with the appurtenances in Harby) of the said Lord Delaware, as of his Mannor of Harby. In this Towne was borne Jeffrey de Hardby a famous Dvuine, brought up in Oxford, and after became one of
705-843: The Canons of the Abbey of Leicester; from whence he came to be Confessor to King Edward the third, and was by him made one of his Privy Council of state. He wrote many books of special note in Divinity, and died in London, and was buried in the Austin Fryers. Here also was borne Robert de Hardby, a Frier Carmelite in Lincolne, who wrote something in praise of the saide Order, and lived 1450. Ecclesia de Herdeby Patronus Willimus de Albaniaco persona Mr.Robertus institutes per Hug.nunc Episcopum Lincoln. The new Patron of this Church
752-465: The Rector, William Evans Hartopp, in about 1827, on land donated by John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland . A new school building opened on 25 March 1861, probably on the site of a village green, under a church committee headed by Rev. Manners Octavius Norman, at a cost of £861 3s 4d. The surveyors and architects were Bellamy and Hardy of Lincoln. It had two main teaching classrooms, a large kitchen, toilets to
799-890: The Revd. Manners Octavius NORMAN, born March 5. 1818. Died May 28. 1899. 46 years rector of Harby from 1853 to 1899. rural dean, Framland III Deanery, 1872 to 1885. Opera fecit. New schools & house costing £1000. Church & chancel restored costing £1875. Organ £81. Bells re-hung & a new Queen Victoria's Jubilee bell added 1887 costing £166. This tablet was placed here by parishioners and friends. His first text at Harby St Luke 24.44. Died: 28 May 1899 at Parish Rectory, Harby, Leicestershire Born: 1956 in West Dorset. Married: Jane Elizabeth Lees 1985. Issue: Rebecca and Sarah (born in Melton Mowbray). Played cricket for Belvoir CC and Lincs Gents; Country member at Nottinghamshire County CC. Formed
846-810: The Vale Choir with Colin Newel. With parishioners, founded the Fellowship Lunches that ran for many years in all three villages. More often than not, rode his bicycle between the three village churches. After an incumbency in Woodhall, Pudsey, in the Diocese of Bradford, the family migrated to Australia in 2003. Harby has a post office, a village shop and a cafe, all located at the village garage in Nether Street. The nearest centre for trade, medical services and other amenities
893-455: The chancel were decorated in the Gothic style. In 1874 the roof was renewed. In 1903, a vestry was built and the organ was placed to face into the chancel. The font was moved again to the east end of the north aisle. On the wall above the arch at the east end of the nave are four panels. The middle two are wooden boards. One has the coat of arms of George II (reigned 1727–1760). The board above bears
940-450: The country, which a stranger might view with disgust; but cultivation has made it fruitful.... Industry here makes the prospect, and the product alone is the beauty of the soil. There are about 1800 acres in the parish; and, whilst the field continued open, the method of tillage was, first-year fallow; second, barley and wheat; third, beans and pease. The families of Harby are 60, its inhabitants 322, among whom are many small freeholders. There
987-481: The county town of Leicester is further – 21.4 miles (34.4 km) – than Nottingham – 15.7 miles (25.3 km). The village lies on the south side of the Grantham Canal . Belvoir Castle , 6 miles (9.7 km) to the north-east, is conspicuous on the horizon. The population in 2001/2002 was listed as 864 individuals, with 698 on the electoral register and 376 houses. This increased at the 2011 census to 931 and
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#17328511717951034-417: The demesne; 8 bondmen, 24 socmen, 7 villans and 3 bordars, had 13 ploughs; there was a meadow 200 perches long and 160 broads. Gerard held under Robert de Buci 1 carucate, the land was equal to 1 plough, which was held by 3 bordars and 2 socmen. In 1297 Lambert de Tryckenham held 2 Virgates . In 1302 Robert Tateshall held half a fee. In 1343 William Ros, of Hamlake, held a fee. In 1363 Margery Ros held
1081-420: The inscription "Fear God, Honour the King". The other two panels show the ten commandments on canvas in wooden frames. On 29 May 1839 William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans (1801–1849) married Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins, the daughter of Maj. Gen. Joseph Gubbins (1785–1817). As a celebration, he donated to the church a new clock, a bible, a prayer book, and £30 with the rector to be invested for
1128-572: The latest full Ofsted report in March 2019 was critical in some respects. The Friends of Harby School support school activities and organise the Belvoir Challenge, an annual 26- or 15-mile cross-country race with a limit of 1200 participants. Methodists had begun to hold services from 1769 in their homes, and then in an old coach house given by William Orson for chapel conversion in April 1828. By 1847
1175-561: The letter W or VV. It stands for " Virgo virginum ", "virgin of virgins" for the dedication of the church to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This is the only stained glass in the building. We do not know if this is left from Mediaeval times when all other stained glass was deliberately removed, or dates from after the Reformation in 1539. A Victorian restoration took place in 1874–1876, the flagstone flooring being replaced by tiles. New pews in
1222-548: The manor. In 1642 Andrew Collins held it, whose family sold it to the Earl of Rutland. In 1931 the parish had a population of 608. On 1 April 1936 the civil parish was merged with Hose and Long Clawson to form "Clawson and Harby", which is now called Clawson, Hose and Harby . Harby Church of England Primary School began as a church school founded by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education . It opened under
1269-468: The organ in 1956 and 1975. The font is from the Decorated period and presumably stood in the pre-Reformation position by the front door, in line with Catholic practice. The date 1606 may indicate when it was moved. After the Reformation, the font was moved again into the centre of the church and remained there until 1834. The font now stands in the northeast corner of the north aisle where the organ sat before
1316-525: The poor. This marriage was held at Harby because Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins was the first cousin to Eliza Georgiana Gubbins who was the first wife of the Rector William Evens Hartopp. Eliza Georgiana Gubbins father was George Stamer Gubbins of Kilfrush, Co. Limerick. His brother was Maj. Gen. Joseph Gubbins of Kilfrush. His daughter was Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins. Harby Church became a Grade II* listed building in 1968. There are five bells in
1363-469: The rear, and accommodation for the teacher consisting of a downstairs study and three upper rooms. The first headmaster was Henry Major. The county council took over management on 1 July 1903. Originally there was a bell tower above the front door, of which only the base remains intact. A swan (as an emblem of the school) and a book are carved on either side of the base. In 1976 the school was extended with three new open-plan classroom areas. One old schoolroom
1410-469: The safe Conservative seat of Chelmsford but lost the selection to then-MEP Vicky Ford . Kearns was selected as the Conservative candidate for Rutland and Melton on 8 November 2019. It is a notionally safe Conservative seat, having been represented by a member of the party since the constituency's creation in 1983. She was elected at the 2019 general election with a majority of 26,924 and 62.6% of
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1504-413: The sequestration of the fruits of a benefice because the incumbent disobeyed. In 1528 the rectory at Narborough was in ruins, so the incumbent must have been absent, therefore the fruits of the living were sequestered. Twenty-nine of these men were then, as Mrs Bowker puts it "pure pluralists”. It was amongst this group that the desire for financial gain was most blatant. Livings, when combined, could produce
1551-476: The smuggling claims. The British Ambassador to Kosovo, Nicholas Abbott, said the British government had no evidence to support Kearns' allegation. Due to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , Kearns' constituency of Rutland and Melton was abolished, and replaced with Rutland and Stamford . At the 2024 general election , Kearns was elected to Parliament as MP for Rutland and Stamford with 43.7% of
1598-550: The time of Edward the Confessor it was 14 ploughs. Three of these carucates were held directly by Robert with 8 slaves. 13 of the ploughs were leased to 24 freemen, 7 villagers and 3 smallholders. There were meadows measuring 5 furlongs long and 5 furlongs wide. This land now brought in £5 a year; it used to be £4. Robert de Bucy owns 1 carucute of land at Harby and leases it to Gerard. The land takes 1 plough to work it. Gerard sub-leases it to 2 freeman and 3 smallholders. Its value
1645-556: The tower dating from as early as 1610. The organ in Harby parish church as listed on the National Pipe Organ Register . Was initially built by Thomas Elliot and installed at Gedling Parish Church, Nottinghamshire by Elliot's foreman Alexander Buckingham in 1808. The organ was probably built at Elliot's works in Tottenham Court Road , London with his business partner John Nutt. It was removed from Gedling at
1692-628: The vestry was built in 1901. The parchment skins of an early volume of Harby Parish Registers, long lost, are said to have been unstitched and wrapped around the trunk and limbs of the corpse of Anne Adcock, and so buried by her grandson, John Adcock, a man of eccentric character, in December 1776. Some transcripts exist at Lincoln for the years 1604, 1606 to 1609 and 1618; and at Leicester for 1581, 1612–1613, 1617, 1621, 1625–1629, 1632–1634, 1636–1638, 1661–1663, 1670, 1672, 1674–1683, 1685, 1687–1688, 1690–1691 and 1694–1700. There are frequent examples of
1739-462: The village include Hereby, Herdby, Hedeby, and Harteby. The first element "Har" either derives from the old Scandinavian "hiorth" meaning herd, flock, or the old Norse personal name "Herrothr", found in old Danish as "Heroth". The second element is the old Scandinavian "by", meaning a village or homestead. The Domesday book of 1086 listed Harby as in the possession of Robert de Stafford : Robert de Tosny. He owned 17 carucates of land at Harby. In
1786-502: The vote and a majority of 10,394. Kearns has been a staunch opponent of the 4.2 mile (6.76km) Mallard Pass Solar Farm, which straddles Lincolnshire and Rutland, and aims to provide renewable energy to 92,000 homes. In July 2024, Kearns was one of five politicians to cover for James O'Brien 's radio show on LBC , as part of the station's "Guest Week". Kearns lives in the village of Langham in Rutland with her husband. The couple have
1833-732: The vote. Kearns is a supporter of transgender rights and in August 2020 co-authored an article in ConservativeHome with fellow MP Nicola Richards which called on the government to reform the Gender Recognition Act 2004 . Some newspapers and broadcasters alleged that Kearns was part of an attempt by Conservative MPs elected in the 2019 general election to oust then Prime Minister Boris Johnson over Partygate in January 2022. She said that she met with concerned MPs, but denied leading
1880-579: Was a member of the UK Youth Parliament and an activist for Amnesty International . She studied social and political sciences at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge , graduating in 2009. During university, she participated in student theatre productions. Kearns has worked in communication roles at the Ministry of Defence (MOD), Ministry of Justice (MoJ), and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). She
1927-563: Was converted into a studio and TV room. A new kitchen was built at the rear and a boiler house in the style of the old school added. A letter from Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State for School Standards, sent in February 2018, states that the school was in the top 1 per cent of primary schools in England for attainment in reading and writing, based in 2017 KS2 results. The school has just under 100 pupils aged 4 to 11. Harby Pre-School has closed. However,
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1974-712: Was deployed in Iraq, Kuwait and Ukraine. At the MoJ, she worked as the Victims' Minister's press secretary. Kearns became the client services director for the strategic communications consultancy Global Influence in 2016. She later became an independent consultant. Her private sector duties involved designing and directing "counter violent extremism, counter disinformation, hybrid warfare and behaviour change programmes for Governments, militaries, and NGOs to build stronger and safer communities". Immediately prior to her election to parliament, Kearns
2021-573: Was directing counter-terrorism , counter disinformation and hybrid warfare interventions in Lebanon , Morocco and the Western Balkans . Kearns stood for election at the 2017 general election in the safe Labour seat of Mitcham and Morden . She came second behind the incumbent Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh with 24.2% of the vote. Kearns was also in the final shortlist in the same election for
2068-687: Was elected as the first female Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, replacing Tom Tugendhat . As a chair of a select committee she is also a member of the Liaison Committee . In July 2023, Kearns claimed in parliament that weapons were being smuggled from Serbia to Kosovo in ambulances and then being stored in Serbian Orthodox Churches . NATO's peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, KFOR , said it has no evidence for
2115-650: Was estimated in 2016 to be 877. Harby is in the Rutland and Melton constituency ; the current MP is the Conservative Alicia Kearns . It shares its civil parish council with Long Clawson and Hose . In local government it comes under Melton Borough Council and Leicestershire County Council . There are similarly named villages: Harby in Nottinghamshire , Hårby in Denmark and in Sweden. Old names for
2162-579: Was removed when the chapel was modernised for its current use by the Vale Christian Fellowship. The Parish church at Harby is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. The earliest church on the site was probably made of wood, of which there is evidence in the west wall of the nave. The earliest written notice appears in the records of the Bishop of Lincoln, recording a priest at Harby in 1220 called Robert. In
2209-591: Was the lead press officer for the MOD's contribution to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign. She led the government's communication campaigns in Syria and Iraq for the FCO. At the FCO she was responsible for advising governments on strategies to defeat Daesh (ISIS), insurgent groups, and to counter Russian disinformation in Syria. She attended the UN-led peace talks on Syria and
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