Brooksby Family WikiBrooksby is a village in Leicestershire, UK, just off the A607, about half way between Leicester and Melton Mowbray.
It's at 52˚44′26″N 1˚00′45″W.
Here's a small scale map showing the location of Brooksby. And here's a large scale map showing how little there is there!
Brooksby had no residents for many years, but now Brooksby Melton College offers halls of residence on the "Brooksby Campus". Brooksby Melton College is primarily an agricultural college, associated with De Montford University.
There is also a church.
The University of Leicester did some archeological exploration of Brooksby in 2002.
Famous residents of BrooksbyVillage include:
George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham (1592-1628). He appears in fictionalized form in The Three Musketeers.
David_Beatty,_1st_Earl_Beatty (1871-1936), who lived in Brooksby Hall and was created Baron Beatty of the North Sea and Brooksby.
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For Family Reunions see: FirstBrooksbyFamilyReunion Second1981FamilyReunion Third1982FamilyReunion Fourth1983FamilyReunion Fifth1984FamilyReunion Sixth1986FamilyReunion