Hoby with Rotherby is a
civil parish 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. 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
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 ...
. The parish is part of
Melton local government
district, and within the
Rutland and Melton
Rutland and Melton is a county constituency spanning Leicestershire and Rutland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Alicia Kearns, a Conservative. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by t ...
constituency.
Toponymy
The name 'Hoby' derives from the
Old Norse for 'farm/settlement on a hill spur'.
The name 'Rotherby' means 'farm/settlement of Hreitharr'.
The name 'Ragdale' means 'throat valley' probably suggesting that the valley was narrow, like a
throat.
References
External links
Leicestershire Parish Councils: Hoby with Rotherby
Civil parishes in Leicestershire
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