Claim: Brooksby (the ancestral home of the Villiers family) is a deserted village in Leicestershire, England that has a church that once served as the living quarters of Henry Gregg.
Evidence: Brooksby is a deserted village in Leicestershire, England. It was the ancestral home of the Villiers family. The church was once the living for Henry Gregg who was married to the writer Mary Kirby. Brooksby Hall is a 16th-century manor house and its church are all that remains of a village that was cleared to enable sheep to be grazed.