Groby, Leicestershire

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Groby is a village in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

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

Groby in historic gazetteers

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

Groby, vil., Ratby par., in co. and 4½ miles NW. of Leicester; P.O., T.O.; the manor was the birthplace of Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554), who was Queen of England for 13 days.

Groby in the Domesday Book

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

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