Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Groby

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.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ratby CP/AP       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Groby

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