Take a look at our selection of old historic maps based upon Brooksby in Leicestershire. Taken from original Ordnance Survey maps sheets and digitally stitched together to form a single layer, these maps offer a true reflection of how the land used to be.

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Browse our selection of vintage and retro black & white photographs of Brooksby, along with old maps, local history books, and fascinating memories that our visitors have contributed.

Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brooksby like this: BROOKESBY, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the river Wreak, and on the Syston and Peterborough railway, 3 miles E of the Fosse way, and 5¾ WSW of Melton-Mowbray.

Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions. Help using this website

Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions. Help using this website

All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods (1680 to 1930), scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell.

You can search for constituencies or other units that covered a particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location.

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To view the aerial view of the current map location, you need to select an aerial year to display. Click on the aerials button in the top left of the viewer. You should see a list of years pop out to the right. These are the years of aerial coverage that we currently have for the area indicated by center point of the map.