Rotherby
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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Rotherby
| civil_parish = Hoby with Rotherby
| country = England
| region = East Midlands
| coordinates = {{coord|52.742479|-1.0005067|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference =
| post_town = Melton Mowbray
| postcode_area = LE
| postcode_district = LE14
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| shire_district = Melton
| shire_county = Leicestershire
| population =
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| static_image = All Saints Church, Rotherby - geograph.org.uk - 1245369.jpg
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| constituency_westminster = Rutland and Melton
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Rotherby is a village and former civil parish, {{convert|9|mi|km}} north east of Leicester,{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/gazetteer/howfar?from=LEIRotherby&to=LEILeicester|title=Distance from Rotherby [52.741922, -1.001601]|publisher=GENUKI|accessdate=7 December 2019}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10390059/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population Statistics Rotherby AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain|accessdate=7 December 2019}}
Features
Rotherby has a church called All Saints.{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI/Rotherby|title=Rotherby|publisher=GENUKI|accessdate=7 December 2019}}
History
Rotherby was recorded in the Domesday Book as Redebi.{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/leicestershire2.html#rotherby|title=Leicestershire H-R|publisher=The Domesday Book Online|accessdate=7 December 2019}} On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Brooksby, Hoby and Ragdale to form Hoby with Rotherby.{{cite web|url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10390059|title=Relationships and Changes Rotherby AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=7 December 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/melton%20mowbray.html|title=Melton Mowbray Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=7 December 2019}}
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Category:Villages in Leicestershire