Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Somerby

Somerby.-- par. and vil., Leicestershire, 5m. W. of Oakham, 1000 ac., pop. 531; P.O., T.O.; hosiery and bricks are made; near the vil. is Somerby Hall, seat.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Somerby AP/CP       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Somerby

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