Brooksby
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Brooksby is a deserted village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hoby with Rotherby, in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It was the ancestral home of the Villiers family. Brooksby and surrounding villages were served by Brooksby railway station. In 1931 the parish had a population of 69.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Brooksby is referenced by 31 other articles, and connects out to Melton, England and list of sovereign states.
It sits within the topics Borough of Melton, Deserted medieval villages in Leicestershire and Former civil parishes in Leicestershire.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Melton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Hoby with Rotherby
- Image
- St Michael and All Angels, Brooksby - geograph.org.uk - 1229595.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01664
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- Commons category
- Brooksby
- OS grid reference
- SK6716
- postal code
- LE14
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Brooksby is a deserted village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hoby with Rotherby, in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It was the ancestral home of the Villiers family. Brooksby and surrounding villages were served by Brooksby railway station. In 1931 the parish had a population of 69.
The name 'Brooksby' means 'farm/settlement of Brok' or 'farm/settlement with a brook'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brooksby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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