Ratby

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Ratby is a village in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Rotebie

Built-Up Area: Ratby
Parish/Community: Ratby
District/Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'53"N 1°14'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 451155, 305885
OS Grid: SK511058
Mapcode Local: GBR 8M3.XNC
Mapcode Global: WHDJ8.VP5M

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ratby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ratby in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ratby, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 4½ miles W. of Leicester, 5410 ac., pop. 1615; P.O.; 1 mile W. of vil. is a Roman camp.

Ratby in the Domesday Book

A village in Guthlaxton hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Taxable Value: 5 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 2/2½

British Place Names

Ratby, Leicestershire

Ratby is a village in Leicestershire

Ratby in historic gazetteers

Ratby in the Domesday Book

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