Sysonby, Leicestershire

[1] The Domesday Book records Sysonby as being in Framland hundred with a population of 25 households.

St Leonard's church, Sysonby, is a grade II listed building[4] and is still used for occasional services.

[10] Sysonby Lodge is within that ward, near the A606 Nottingham Road, and is a grade II listed house,[11] converted to apartments in the 2020s.

[12] Nothing remains of the hamlet of Sysonby except its church: in the words of Historic England "the associated settlement has now vanished".

[5][4] The American racehorse Sysonby was sired by Melton, winner of the 1885 Epsom Derby.

A simple church with a square tower, seen in a graveyard with tombstones and with trees silhouetted against the sky
St Leonard's church in 2021