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ASHFORDBY, or Asfordby, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the Midland railway and the river Wreak, 3 miles W of Melton-Mowbray. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1,210. Real property, £3,902. Pop., 485. Houses, 125. The property is much sub-divided. Stocking-making is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £455. Patron, the Rev. Frederick G. Burnaby. The church was recently repaired, and has a tower and spire. There are chapels for Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, and charities £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Asfordby Parish Melton Mowbray Poor Law Union/Registration District Leicestershire Ancient County |
| Place names: | ASFORDBY | ASHFORDBY | ASHFORDBY OR ASFORDBY |
| Place: | Asfordby |
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