BLABY, a parish in the hundred of GUTHLAXTON,
county of LEICESTER, 4 miles (S. by W.) from Leicesr
ter, containing, with the chapelry of Countess-Thorpe,
1730 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in
the king's books at £15.5., and in the patronage of the
Crown. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There
are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists.
The Union canal passes through the parish.