Stonesby

Stonesby
Stonesby's village green
Stonesby
Stonesby shown within Leicestershire
OS grid reference	SK825245
Civil parish	Sproxton
District	Melton
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MELTON MOWBRAY
Postcode district	LE14
Dialling code	01664

Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°48′43″N 0°46′30″W / 52.811838°N 0.775112°W / 52.811838; -0.775112Coordinates: 52°48′43″N 0°46′30″W / 52.811838°N 0.775112°W / 52.811838; -0.775112

Stonesby is a small village within the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Melton Mowbray, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Waltham on the Wolds. The population is included in the civil parish of Sproxton.

Forming part of the Sproxton civil parish, Stonesby broadly consists of a small number of limestone habitats concentrated around the local parish church, set amongst a broad area of arable land.

From a very early time, Stonesby formed an ancient parish within the Framland hundred of the historic county boundaries of Leicestershire, though was abolished as a parish in 1936. Between 1894 and 1935, it lay within the Melton Mowbray Rural District, and from 1935 to 1974, within the Melton and Belvoir Rural District.

Since 1974, Stonesby has formed part of the Melton borough of Leicestershire.

The 14th-century parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter. It was renovated in 1875 by R.W. Johnson and is a Grade II* listed building