Place:Asfordby, Leicestershire, England

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Name
Asfordby
Alternate names
Ashfordby     (Family History Library Catalog)
Esserberie     (Domesday Book (1985) p 160)
Osferdebie     (Domesday Book (1985) p 160)
Type
Village
Coordinates
52.767°N 0.95°W
Located in
Leicestershire, England

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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Asfordby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, to the west of Melton Mowbray on the A6006 road.

The parish consists of Asfordby proper, Asfordby Valley and Asfordby Hill, which together have a population of around 3,000 (1995 est). The villages are to the north of the River Wreake, with Asfordby Hill situated east of Asfordby proper, closer to Melton, and Asfordby Valley to the north.

Asfordby was the site of a modern deep coal pit in the 1980s but this closed due to numerous geological difficulties.

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