Little Dalby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burton and Dalby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.

[2] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form "Burton and Dalby".

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.

The parish church of St James was remodelled in 1851 by Raphael Brandon and is listed Grade II*.

[4] 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.