Noseley

Noseley is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.

[1] The name derives from the Old English NOTHWULF (male personal name) and LEAH (woodland clearing).

The village was gradually depopulated in the 16th century, due to enclosure and the conversion of the land to pastoral farming.

[6] Family members included the Parliamentarian, Sir Arthur Hesilrige, who was one of the five Members of Parliament whom Charles I unsuccessfully sought to arrest, one of the incidents which led up to the English Civil War.

[7] The original church in Noseley fell into disrepair and by around 1549 had been demolished.