Brooksby is a deserted village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

, now in the parish of

Hoby with Rotherby Hoby with Rotherby is a civil parish in Leicestershire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 594, reducing to 556 at the time of the 2011 census. It includes the villages of Hoby, Rotherby, Ragdale and Brooksby. The parish i ...

, in the Melton district, in

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

, England. It was the ancestral home of the

Villiers family Villiers ( ) is an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom. Over time, various members of the Villiers family were made knights, baronets, and peers. Peerages held by the Villiers family include the dukedoms of Buckingham (1623–1687) and Clevel ...

. Brooksby and surrounding villages were served by

Brooksby railway station Brooksby railway station was a former station serving the villages of Brooksby, Hoby and Rotherby in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the Brooksby to Hoby road. History The station opened in 1846 on the Syston ...

. In 1931 the parish had a population of 69. The name 'Brooksby' means 'farm/settlement of Brok' or 'farm/settlement with a brook'. On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Hoby with Rotherby.

Brooksby Hall Brooksby Hall is a late16th-century manor house on 3.2 square kilometres (800 acres) of land between Leicester and Melton Mowbray. Situated northeast of Leicester, the hall and the neighbouring church of St Michael and All Angels are the last re ...

, a 16th-century manor house, and the

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Brooksby The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a church in Brooksby, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The church lies within the grounds of Brooksby Hall. The church consists of a tower, chancel and nave. The tower was bui ...

, are all that remains of a village that was cleared to enable sheep to be grazed. The church was once the living for Henry Gregg who was married to the writer Mary Kirby.Ann B. Shteir, ‘Kirby, Mary (1817–1893)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200
accessed 15 September 2014
Today the hall has conference and banqueting facilities.

Brooksby Melton College SMB College Group, formerly Brooksby Melton College and Stephenson College, is a further education college based in Leicestershire. The college has three campuses: Stephenson Campus is in Coalville, Melton Campus is in the heart of Melton Mowbr ...

offers apprenticeships and further education training courses in animal care, countryside, equine, fisheries, and land based service engineering.

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Brooksby
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Brooksby Hall
Villages in Leicestershire Deserted medieval villages in Leicestershire Former civil parishes in Leicestershire Borough of Melton {{Leicestershire-geo-stub