Rotherby is a village and former civil parish, 9 miles (14 km) north east of Leicester,[1] now in the parish of Hoby with Rotherby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 133.[2]
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Melton Mowbray |
Postcode district | LE14 |
Police | Leicestershire |
Fire | Leicestershire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Rotherby has a church called All Saints.[3]
Rotherby was recorded in the Domesday Book as Redebi.[4] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Brooksby, Hoby and Ragdale to form Hoby with Rotherby.[5][6]