GARTHORPE, a parish in the hundred of FRAMLAND, county of LEICESTER, 5 miles (E. N. E.) from Melton-Mowbray, containing 115 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £7 5. 2., and in the patronage of the Lord of the Manor. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has portions in the decorated style. The small river Eye runs through the parish.