HOBY, a parish in the eastern division of the hundred of GOSCOTE, county of LEICESTER, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Melton-Mowbray, containing 352 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £22. 8. 9. The Rev. H. Browne was patron in 1784. The church is dedicated to All Saints.