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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blackfordby like this:
BLACKFORDBY, a chapelry in Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Seal parishes, Leicester; 2 miles NW of Ashby-de-la-Zouch r. station. Post Town, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Acres, 1,117. Real property, £3,064. Pop., 645. Houses, 129. The church was recently rebuilt. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Blackfordby is now part of NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Blackfordby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Blackfordby, in North West Leicestershire and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10627
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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