Somerby

Other current and historical names

Summerdebi
Summerdebie
Sumerdeberie

Built-Up Area: Somerby
Parish/Community: Somerby
District/Borough: Melton
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°41'13"N 0°51'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 477806, 310560
OS Grid: SK778105
Mapcode Local: GBR BPX.FTY
Mapcode Global: WHFKD.XQ79

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

Somerby in historic gazetteers

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

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.

Somerby in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Taxable Value: 5 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 10 acres

British Place Names

Somerby, Leicestershire

Somerby is a village in Leicestershire

Somerby in historic gazetteers

Somerby in the Domesday Book