Frisby on the Wreake

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Frisby on the Wreake is Leicestershire village and civil parish in the Melton district, just five miles west of Melton Mowbray and 12 miles north-east of Leicester city centre.
On the south side of the River Wreake valley, Frisby was once a linear village, since expanded with new housing. Nine former gravel pits are used for sailing, giving a picturesque foreground to the village. The Wreake Navigation once served Frisby, but the locks fell into disrepair in the 1800s. Today the Navigation is a popular fishing spot. On the main Leicester road, south of the village, are remains of an ancient 'pilgrim cross'. Known locally as Stump Cross, it marks a mid-point between Launde Abbey and Car Colston. In Frisby, at the junction of Water Lane and Main Street, the shaft and stepped base of another cross, dating from 1350, remains.

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