It was formed on 1 April 1935 from the merger of the Melton Mowbray Rural District and the Belvoir Rural District, with part going to Melton Mowbray urban district also.
[1] On 1 April 1936 there was a significant reorganisation of parishes.
[2] In 1955 the council bought Warwick Lodge on Dalby Road in Melton Mowbray to serve as its headquarters.
The building had been built in 1908 as a large house.
[3] 21 acres of Broughton and Old Dalby were transferred to Upper Broughton in Bingham Rural District, Nottinghamshire, on 1 April 1965.