FRISBY-on-the-WREAK, a parish in the eastern
division of the hundred of GOSCOTE, county of LEICESTER,
4 miles (AV. S.W.) from Melton-Mowbray, containing
376 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £7 16. 8., and
in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St.- Thomas a Becket. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The river Wreak runs
through the parish.