Oadby
Oadby shown within Leicestershire
OS grid reference	SK625005
District	Oadby and Wigston
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEICESTER
Postcode district	LE2
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire

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Oadby is a town within the borough of Oadby and Wigston, in Leicestershire, England. It is to the east of Wigston Magna, and to the southeast of Leicester. Oadby forms part of the Leicester Urban Area, and is situated on the A6 road. Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... Oadby and Wigston is a local government district and borough in the English county of Leicestershire. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Statistics Population: 33,116 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP6197 Administration District: Oadby and Wigston Shire county: Leicestershire Region: East Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Leicestershire Historic county: Leicestershire Services Police force: Leicestershire Constabulary Ambulance service: East Midlands Post office and telephone Post town... Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands. ... The Leicester Urban Area is a conurbation based around the city of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. ... This article is about the A6 road in England. ...

The town is most famous for Leicester Racecourse, situated on the border between Oadby and Leicester, and the University of Leicester Botanic Garden. It is also the home of the Beauchamp College, and halls of residence for the University of Leicester. John Deacon, bass player of the influential rock group Queen, was born and grew up in Oadby. Leicester Racecourse is a horse-racing course in Oadby, Leicestershire. ... The University of Leicester Harold Martin Botanic Garden is located in Oadby, Leicestershire close to the halls of residence for the University of Leicester. ... Beauchamp College logo The Beauchamp College (pronounced bee chum) is a comprehensive upper school and further education community college, in Oadby, a town on the outskirts of Leicester, England. ... University of Leicester seen from Victoria Park - Left to right: the Department of Engineering, the Attenborough tower, the Charles Wilson building. ... For the medieval chroniclers named John, deacon of. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ...

The local football club Oadby Town F.C. play in the Midland Football Alliance league. Leicester Tigers, the premiership rugby union club, train at their new centre in Oval Park on the Wigston Road, Oadby. Oadby Town Football Club is a non-league team based in Oadby, 5 miles south of the city of Leicester in central England. ... The Midland Football Alliance (also known under the terms of a sponsorship arrangement as the Polymac Services Midland Alliance) is an English football league covering most of the West Midlands region, and part of the East Midlands. ... Official website www. ... A rugby union scrum. ...

History

There has been a habitation in Oadby since an Anglian settlement in the year 550. In 1760, on Brocks Hill, evidence of an Anglian burial ground was discovered. Oadby is one of seventy Danish settlements in Leicestershire ending with "-by", which means village or settlement. Its name likeliest came from Old Norse Auðarbýr = "Auði's settlement". Danish rule continued until 920, when King Alfred the Great won his battles against the Danes. The Oadby area is supposed to be the site of at least one of these battles. White cliffs of Dover in England White cliffs of Rugen down the Baltic coast from Schleswig The Angles is a modern English word for a Germanic-speaking people who took their name from the cultural ancestor of Angeln, a modern district located in Schleswig, Germany. ... Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ... Alfred (also Ælfred from the Old English: ÆlfrÄ“d //) (c. ...

In 1086, Oadby's name was recorded as Aldebi. The name then changed to Oladebi, Outherby, Onderby and, finally, Oadby.

When King Harold was defeated, William the Conqueror gave Oadby to Hugh de Grandmesnil, Governor of Leicestershire, who founded the parish church of Oadby on the site of the present St Peter's Church. Name Harold Godwinson Lived c. ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... Hugh de Grandmesnil (1032 – February 22, 1098), also known as Hugh or Hugo de Grentmesnil or Grentemesnil, was a commander at the Battle of Hastings. ...

In January 1817, Oadby was the scene of a mass riot. 400 people were involved and haystacks were set ablaze. The Leicester Cavalry and a regiment of dragoons were called out to quell the riot and three were imprisoned.^[1] 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Oadby remained a small settlement until the late nineteenth century when it became a fashionable suburb for the factory-owners of Leicester's shoe and stocking manufacturers. Many substantial houses were built, some of which are now used by the University of Leicester. Leicester's trams terminated at the edge of the city, as the A6 entered Oadby. (The old tram shed can still be seen on the West side of the A6 by the City of Leicester sign, though it has a different function now.) University of Leicester seen from Victoria Park - Left to right: the Department of Engineering, the Attenborough tower, the Charles Wilson building. ...

Expansion of Oadby took place rapidly in the twentieth century and is still continuing in 2007. Many residential developments have been constructed so that the population in 2001 reached 22,729.^[2]

Present

Oadby today is a predominantly residential area. The success of Beauchamp College makes Oadby an attractive location for families with children. Beauchamp College logo The Beauchamp College (pronounced bee chum) is a comprehensive upper school and further education community college, in Oadby, a town on the outskirts of Leicester, England. ...

As is increasingly the case throughout Leicestershire, Oadby has an ethnically diverse population. In 2001 approximately 11 percent of the population identified themselves as Hindu and 6 percent as Muslim.^[3] A Hindu ( , Devanagari: हिन्दु), as per modern definition, is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, and the religious, philosophical and cultural system that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ...

Major employers in Oadby are the schools, Asda, Sainsburys and the shops in the centre of the town. Invicta Plastics remains in Oadby, where they once manufactured the popular Mastermind Game. The red noses for the bi-annual Red Nose Day appeal of the Comic Relief charity are also made by Invicta in Oadby. There is an Industrial Estate with a variety of types of business. Mastermind is a simple code-breaking board game for two players, invented in 1970 by Mordecai Meirowitz, an Israeli postmaster and telecommunications expert. ... Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. ... An industrial park is an area of land set aside for industrial development. ...

References

1. ^ Edmund Burke 1817 (Ed.) The Annual Register (p5)
2. ^ 2001 UK Census
3. ^ 2001 UK Census stated religion data

External links

• Borough Website
• Pride of the Borough Group Website
• Oadby Civic Society Website
• Oadby RALLY Community Action Group Website
• Oadby Pictures
• More Oadby Pictures
• Botanic Garden Pictures
• More Botanic Garden Pictures

Religious Organisations in Oadby

• Churches Together in Oadby
• Oadby Parish Website
• Oadby Trinity Methodist Church Website
• Oadby Baptist Church Website
• Church of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic)