Noseley

{{Short description|Village in Leicestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

'''Noseley''' is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. thumb|Approaching Noseley - geograph.org.uk - 238815 The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 204.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127154&c=Noseley&d=16&e=62&g=6444522&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1466247345526&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> The name derives from the Old English ''NOTHWULF'' (male personal name) and ''LEAH'' (woodland clearing).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bourne|first1=Jill|title=Understanding Leicestershire and Rutland place-names|date=2003|publisher=Heart of Albion|location=Loughborough|isbn=1872883710|page=69}}</ref> It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, at which time it had a population of 28. The village was gradually depopulated in the 16th century, due to enclosure and the conversion of the land to pastoral farming. By 1811, the population had dropped to just 2.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=J.M. |last2=McKinley |first2=R.A. |chapter=Noseley |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol5/pp264-270 |website=British History Online |title=A History of the County of Leicestershire |accessdate=21 November 2015 |pages=264–270}}</ref> In 2004 the parish had an estimated population of 40.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/leicestershire_small_area_population_and_household_estimates_2001_to_2004.pdf | title=Leicestershire Small Area Population and Household Estimates 2001–2004 | publisher=Leicestershire County Council | accessdate=2009-02-15 }}</ref>

Noseley Hall was rebuilt in the early 18th century by Sir Robert Hazlerigg (d.1721); the Hazlerigg family have held the manor continuously since around 1435.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=J.M. |last2=McKinley |first2=R.A. |chapter=Noseley |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol5/pp264-270 |website=British History Online |title=A History of the County of Leicestershire |accessdate=21 November 2015 |pages=264–270}}</ref> The hall is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Noseley Hall|num=1360651|accessdate=21 November 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Plant|first1=David|title=Sir Arthur Hazlerige|url=http://bcw-project.org/biography/sir-arthur-hesilrige|website=BCW Project}}</ref>

The original church in Noseley fell into disrepair and by around 1549 had been demolished.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=J.M. |last2=McKinley |first2=R.A. |chapter=Noseley |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol5/pp264-270 |website=British History Online |title=A History of the County of Leicestershire |accessdate=21 November 2015 |pages=264–270}}</ref> The chapel at Noseley Hall is now used as a church.<ref>{{cite web|title=Noseley Chapel|url=https://www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/noseley-chapel/|website=Leicestershire & Rutland Churches|accessdate=21 November 2015}}</ref>

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Category:Villages in Leicestershire Category:Civil parishes in Harborough District Category:Deserted medieval villages in Leicestershire