Little Dalby

Little Dalby is a small village near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The population is included in the civil parish of Burton and Dalby

Little Dalby
Little Dalby village sign
Little Dalby Location within Leicestershire
Civil parish	Burton and Dalby
District	Melton
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Melton Mowbray
Postcode district	LE14
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton

The Little Dalby Estate is the Ernest Cook Trust's largest and, in many ways, its most complete estate. Extending to 5,600 acres (23 km²), the estate was bought in two parts by Ernest Cook, the northern half from the Burns Harttop family in 1938 and the southern half from Brasenose College in 1940. A further 480 acres (1.9 km²) comprising Grange Farm, Leesthorpe, was purchased in 1977 with an additional 280 acres (1.1 km²), forming Jericho Farm, in 2000. The estate includes Burrough Hill hillfort.

The parish church of St James was remodelled in 1851 and is listed Grade II*.[1]

Anthony Turner, one of the Jesuits wrongfully executed for treason during the fabricated Popish Plot, was born in Little Dalby, where his father Toby Turner was Rector, in 1628.