Cosby

Cosby is a village in the county of . Cosby is located in the south of the county near the larger villages and towns of , , and Oadby.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 3,730 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Cosby, Leicestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cosby Library and Church of St Michael and All Angels.

Library
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Railway station
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the large village of and the small village of in . It is on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line about 7 miles southwest of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Littlethorpe and Narborough.

Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet approximately six miles south of , separated from the village of by the Leicester to Birmingham railway line, and the of which it is the true discharge.

Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of , England, around six miles southwest of . The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 8,498. is situated 1½ miles north of Cosby.

Hamlet
is a settlement in the northwest of , . Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Sutton Elms. Sutton is one of the three settlements mentioned in Domesday that now comprise Broughton Astley: namely Broctone, Sutone and Torp. is situated 2 miles west of Cosby.

Cosby

Latitude
52.55105° or 52° 33′ 4″ north
Longitude
-1.19268° or 1° 11′ 34″ west
Population
3,730
Elevation
246 feet (75 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CXY
Open location code
9C4WHR24+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20942940
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2652298
Wiki­data ID
Q5173848
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Cosby” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cosby (Leicestershire)”
  • Basque: “Cosby”
  • Cebuano: “Cosby (lungsod sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Leicestershire, lat 52,55, long -1,19)”
  • Cebuano: “Cosby (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Cosby”
  • Dutch: “Cosby, Leicestershire”
  • French: “Cosby”
  • Irish: “Cosby”
  • Japanese: “コスビー”
  • Ladin: “Cosby”
  • Polish: “Cosby (Leicestershire)”
  • Polish: “Cosby”
  • Spanish: “Cosby”
  • Swedish: “Cosby (ort i Storbritannien, England, Leicestershire, lat 52,55, long -1,19)”
  • Swedish: “Cosby (parish)”
  • Swedish: “Cosby, England”
  • Turkish: “Cosby, Leicestershire”
  • Urdu: “کازبی، لیسٹر شائر”
  • “Cosby”

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