SAXELBY, a parish in the eastern division of the
hundred of GOSCOTE, county of LEICESTER, 4 miles
(W. N. W.) from Melton-Mowbray, containing, with the
hamlet of Shoby, 134 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £9, and in the patronage
of the Earl of Aylesford. The church is dedicated to
St. Peter. The late Mr. Houghton left £ 5 per annum for
the education of poor children.