ARNESBY, a parish in the hundred of GUTHLAXTON,
county of LEICESTER, 8 miles (S. by E.) from
Leicester, containing 459 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Leicester,
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£5. 16. 8., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in
the patronage of J. S. Langden, Esq. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter. There is a place of worship for
Particular Baptists. A small endowment has been bequeathed
for the education of poor children.