Place:Asfordby, Leicestershire, England

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NameAsfordby
Alt namesAshfordbysource: Family History Library Catalog
Esserberiesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
Osferdebiesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.767°N 0.95°W
Located inLeicestershire, England
See alsoEast Goscote Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which the parish was included
Melton Mowbray Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1936
Melton and Belvoir Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1936-1974
Melton District, Leicestershire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
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.

As well as Asfordby itselt, there are two further settlements in the parish: Asfordby Valley and Asfordby Hill. Together they have a population of around 3,100 (2011 estimate). 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 which was built between 1984 and 1993, but this closed in 1997 due to numerous geological difficulties and the low price of coal at the time.

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Between 1894 and 1936 it was a civil parish in Melton Mowbray Rural District and from 1936 until 1974 in the Melton and Belvoir Rural District. In 1936 it absorbed the neighbouring parish of Welby. Asfordby was an ancient or ecclesiastical parish.

Local Administration

The parish was part of Melton Mowbray Rural District from 1894 until 1935 when the rural district was abolished and replaced by the Melton and Belvoir Rural District which covered a larger area. A year after the introduction of the new rural district its parishes were reorganized and reduced in number from 68 to 25.

In 1974 a new nationwide organization of local government was introduced in which rural and urban districts were replaced by "non-metropolitan" districts. In the northeast of Leicestershire this meant little save for the fact that the principal town of Melton Mowbray, formerly a separate urban district, was now governed by the same body (Melton District or Borough) as the rural area that surrounded it.

Research Tips

  • The map on the place-page for Melton Mowbray Rural District illustrates the location of the various parishes and the geographical and administrative changes that occurred in 1936.
  • From this Findmypast page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
  • From this Ancestry page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
  • For both of the above sites, a subscription is charged. Transcriptions of these records may also be available free of charge on the FamilySearch website.
  • A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Leicestershire.
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