Place:Ab Kettleby, Leicestershire, England

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NameAb Kettleby
Alt namesAb-Kettlebysource: Family History Library Catalog
Chetelbisource: Wikipedia
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.8°N 0.933°W
Located inLeicestershire, England
See alsoFramland Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which the parish was included
Melton Mowbray Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1936
Melton and Belvoir Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1936-1974
Melton District, Leicestershire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Ab Kettleby is a village and civil parish in the Melton District of Leicestershire, England located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Melton Mowbray, on the A606 road; it had a population of about 500 in the 2001 UK census.

The village is about 3 miles (4.8 km) from the border with Nottinghamshire and is situated 460 feet (140 m) above sea level. The neighbouring hamlets of Wartnaby and Holwell (both previously separate civil parishes) have formed part of the civil parish of Ab Kettleby since 1936.

Local Administration

The parish was part of Melton Mowbray Rural District from 1894 until 1935 when the rural district was abolished and replaced by the Melton and Belvoir Rural District which covered a larger area. A year after the introduction of the new rural district its parishes were reorganized and reduced in number from 68 to 25.

In 1974 a new nationwide organization of local government was introduced in which rural and urban districts were replaced by "non-metropolitan" districts. In the northeast of Leicestershire this meant little save for the fact that the principal town of Melton Mowbray, formerly a separate urban district, was now governed by the same body (Melton District or Borough) as the rural area that surrounded it.

  • The map on the place-page for Melton Mowbray Rural District illustrates the location of the various parishes and the geographical and administrative changes that occurred in 1936.
  • From this Findmypast page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
  • From this Ancestry page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
  • For both of the above sites, a subscription is charged. Transcriptions of these records may also be available free of charge on the FamilySearch website.
  • A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Leicestershire.
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