Freeby
Freeby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, about 3 miles east of Melton Mowbray. As well as the village of Freeby the civil parish includes the villages of Brentingby, Saxby, Stapleford and Wyfordby.Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 272 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Freeby, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saxby and Stapleford.
Stapleford
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stapleford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Freeby, in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, east of Melton Mowbray.
Brentingby
Hamlet
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brentingby is a village in Leicestershire, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Freeby. The village's name means either 'farm/settlement of Brenting/Branting' or 'farm/settlement at the steep place'.
Freeby
- Categories: civil parish, village, and locality
- Location: Freeby, Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.7714° or 52° 46′ 17″ northLongitude
-0.81099° or 0° 48′ 40″ westPopulation
272Elevation
351 feet (107 metres)Open location code
9C4XQ5CQ+HJOpenStreetMap ID
node 353481493OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2649082Wikidata ID
Q264633
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Freeby” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Freeby”
- Dutch: “Freeby”
- French: “Freeby”
- Irish: “Freeby”
- Italian: “Freeby”
- Ladin: “Freeby”
- Persian: “فریبی”
- Polish: “Freeby”
- Swedish: “Freeby”
- Turkish: “Freeby”
- Welsh: “Freeby”
- “Freeby”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wyfordby and Saxby Corner.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Anglo-Saxon Burial Ground and Bell’s Plantation.
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