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:BARDON BARKBY. Maynard. Bagworth Park is a hamlet belonging to th1s parisn. PosTAL REGULATIONS Joseph Johnson. sub-postmaster. Letters arrive at 6.45 a.m., are dispatched at 6 p.m. The nearest money:-order office is at Markfield. Post-town1 Leicester. Carriers to Leicester and Loughborough • -.E. J ohnson, Mary Kelham, and J no. Percival. Bott Mr Moon John, blacksmith and victualler, • Kenny Mrs the Plough Percival John, blacksmith and carrier GENERAL TRADES, &c. Willett Oliver, draper, grocer, &c. Drackley Sam., Barrel inn, and butcher FARMERS. Ellis J oseph & Sons, coal and lime mer- Annis Ro bert chants, Railway station Bass George, Bagworth park Garner John, wheelwright and carpenter Crosher George Geary , boot and shoemaker Crosher J ames Heath J., stationmaster Dowell Thomas .J ohnson Erasmus, shopkeeper and carrier Geary John .Johnson Joseph, draper, grocer, &c. Harris Crosher Kelham Mrs, carrier Kirkman Charles Kenny J ames, coal merchant Roberts John Miles Edward, tailor Wood Richard BA:RDON is an extra-parochial liberty, distant 6 miles from Lough borough and 1 from Bardon Hill railway station,. in the south division of the county, hundred of Sparkenhoe, union and county court district of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, diocese ofPeterborough, and archdeaconry of Leicester. The Independents have a chapel here. The acreage is 1270, of which the chief owner and lord of the manor is William Perry Herrick, Esq. The population is about 80. The nearest money-order office is at Markfield. Post-town, Leicester. Everard Breedon, Esq., Bard on Hill house Harris Edward Leslie Stephen Oscar, Esq., Bardon hall Hill Mra Elizabeth Ellis & Everard, Granite Quarry owners, Morrison John Bardon hill Morrison William FARMERS. Smith John Thomas Biddle John Taylor Robert Bra.mley John Walker Reu ben Harris Arthur :BARKBY is a parish and village distant 5 miles from Leicester, and 1l from Syston railway station, in the north division of the county, hun dred of East Goscote, union of Barrow-on-Soar, county court district of Leicester, diocese of Peterborough, archdeaconry of Leicester, and rural deanery of Goscote. The church, dedicated to St Mary, is a fine, hand some structure, with lofty spire. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of W. A. Pochin, Esq. The Rev. :Edward Hatch Hoare, ltLA., is the vicar. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here. There is a National school f'or boys and girls, F. D. P. Hewlett master, Mrs Hewlett mistress. The parish contains 2114 acres of land, of which the chief owners are W. A. Pochin, lord of the manor; W. W. Goode, and G. L. Johnson, Esqs., and Merton College, Oxford The population is about 800. Hamilton and Barkbythorpe are hamlets. belonging to this parish. Letters arrive at 9 a.m., are dispatched at 4.45 p.m. The nearest money-order office is at Syston. Post-town, Leicester . • .