Place:Somerby, Leicestershire, England

Name	Somerby
Alt names	Someredebia	source: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 430
	Sumerdeberie	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 163
	Sumerlidebie	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 163
	Summerdebi	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 163
	Summerdebie	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 163
Type	Parish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates	52.683°N 0.85°W
Located in	Leicestershire, England
See also	Framland Hundred, Leicestershire, England	hundred in which the parish was included
	Melton Mowbray Rural, Leicestershire, England	rural district of which it was part 1894-1936
	Melton and Belvoir Rural, Leicestershire, England	rural district of which it was part 1936-1974
	Melton District, Leicestershire, England	district municipality covering the area since 1974

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

Somerby is an inhabited place.

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