Brooksby (Ashfordby)
Description in 1887:
"Brooksby, par. and ry. sta., N. Leicestershire, on river Wreak, 9 miles NE. of Leicester, 861 ac., pop. 67. Near the sta. is Brooksby Hall, birth place of the Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), favourite of James I."
John Bartholomew's "Gazetteer of the British Isles," (1887)
- The parish was in the Somerby sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
- The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael.
- The date of construction is unknown.
- The church was restored in 1620.
- The church was restored again in 1879.
- The church seats 100.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1620.
- The church is in the rural deanery of Goscote (second portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Somerby sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1934.
- In 1934, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
Brooksby is a village and was a parish, 6 miles southwest of Melton Mowbray, 9 miles northeast of Leicester city and 112 miles north of London. The parish covered 867 acres on the south bank of the River Wreake and included the hamlet of Hoby Newfields.
The village is too small to show on my small scale (larege area) map. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A607 arterial road west out of Melton Mobray. Turn left at Rotherby and pass through that village. The fields to the right are Brooksby.
- Much of the parish land was used for grazing.
- Brooksby Hall, near the church, was considerably enlarged in 1891.
- Brooksby Hall was the residence of Rear-Admiral David BEATTY in 1912.
- The national grid reference is SK 6716.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish of the county and a modern Civil Parish as well, until 1936.
- The parish was in the ancient East Goscote Hundred in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
- In 1881, the parish covered 861 acres. This was enlarged by 1891 to 867 acres.
- In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and the 867 acres amalgamated with Rotherby to create the new Hoby with Rotherby Civil Parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
~12 |
| 1871 |
61 |
| 1881 |
67 |
| 1891 |
42 |
| 1901 |
73 |
| 1911 |
58 |
| 1921 |
43 |
| 1931 |
69 |
- The children of this parish attended school in Rotherby.
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[Created: 18-September-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
