Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Brooksby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Brooksby, par. and ry. sta., N. Leicestershire, on river Wreak, 9 miles NE. of Leicester, 861 ac., pop. 67. Near the sta. is Brooksby Hall, birth place of the Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), favourite of James I.
A village in Goscote hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.