Brooksby Hall
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Brooksby Hall is a 16th century manor house
in 3.2 square kilometres (800 acre
s) of land between Leicester
and Melton Mowbray
and is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northeast of Leicester.
It was the home of Admiral Beatty
. Many other famous and influential people have also lived at the hall. The Villiers family lived at the hall for almost 500 years from 1235 to 1711, when the last baronet, Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet
, died.
Whilst the hall is now used for weddings, the rest of the estate forms part of the merged Brooksby Melton Agricultural College.
Manor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
in 3.2 square kilometres (800 acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s) of land between Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
and Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray is a town in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham...
and is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northeast of Leicester.
It was the home of Admiral Beatty
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO was an admiral in the Royal Navy...
. Many other famous and influential people have also lived at the hall. The Villiers family lived at the hall for almost 500 years from 1235 to 1711, when the last baronet, Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet
Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet
Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was the only son of Sir George Villiers, 2nd Baronet and his wife Penelope Denham, daughter of Sir John Denham. In 1682, he succeeded his father as baronet. Villiers was a Member of Parliament for Leicester in the Parliament of...
, died.
Whilst the hall is now used for weddings, the rest of the estate forms part of the merged Brooksby Melton Agricultural College.