Ratby

Also known as Ratby, Leicestershire

thumb|Ratby War Memorial Ratby is a commuter village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester and just south of the M1 motorway (Groby is on the northern side). The population at the 2011 census was 4,468. Other nearby places include Field Head, Kirby Muxloe, Glenfield and Markfield. Ratby is part of the Leicester Urban Area.

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Place details

Locality: Hinckley and Bosworth
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 4,468
Timezone: Europe/London

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UK place.official_name: Ratby
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East Midlands
UK place.shire_district: Hinckley and Bosworth
UK place.shire_county: Leicestershire
UK place.postcode_area: LE
UK place.postcode_district: LE6
UK place.post_town: LEICESTER
UK place.dial_code: 0116
UK place.constituency_westminster: Bosworth
UK place.static_image_name: Ratby Church.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St Philip & St James Church, Ratby
UK place.population: 4,468
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)

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Wikidata facts

Population: 4468
Image: Ratby Church.jpg

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Commons category: Ratby
P8168: special education
OS grid reference: SK511058

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==Name== Ratby is one of three nearby settlements whose name preserves the Brittonic word for "ramparts" (cf. Gaelic rath), along with Ratcliffe-upon-Soar and the Roman ruins at Leicester, known as Ratae Corieltauvorum. The suffix -by () is Old Norse for a farmstead or settlement.