Asfordby Leicestershire Family History Guide
Asfordby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.
Alternative names: Ashfordby
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1564
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1562
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Grimston
- Hoby
- Frisby on the Wreak
- Saxelby
- Welby
- Kirby Bellars
- Melton Mowbray with Burton Lazars, Freeby, Sysonby and Welby
- Shoby
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
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.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ASHFORDBY, or Asfordby (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 3 miles (W.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 482 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1800 acres, of which two-thirds are grazing, and one-third arable land; and is situated on the river Wreak, which communicates with the Leicester and Melton-Mowbray navigation, and over which is a bridge. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £15. 11. 8., and in the patronage of the Rev. A. Burnaby, the present incumbent, and his two sisters, with a net income of £455: the tithes were commuted for land in 1761, under an inclosure act.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Asfordby Marriages 1564 to 1837
Parish Records
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Directory Transcriptions
Asfordby Directory of Leicestershire 1846
ASFORDBY, a pleasant village, consisting chiefly of one street, with several neat houses, on the north side of the navigable river Wreak, 3 miles W of Melton Mowbray, has in its parish 482 souls and 1467 acres of land, generally having a clayey soil and a flat surface.
The National School was built by the rector, in 1843, at the cost of £300; and for teaching six poor boys, the master has the dividends of £172 0s 10d., three per cent consols, purchased with £100 left by Morris Cam, in 1769. The poor have the interest of £40,left by one Humberstone; and of £20, left by the Rev Andrew Burnaby, in 1776.
The Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists have small chapels here, the latter built in 1842.
Beaumont John baker
Burnaby John Dick Esq Asfordby Hs
Burnaby Rev Anthony, M.Ă. Rectory
Dawson Wm vict Blue Bell
Deeping Mr Robt
Driver Mary National School
Fox Rev John curate
Hives Wm corn miller
Hollinshead John National School
Inett Wm Esq
Lee Wm schoolmaster
Marriott Gregory gentleman
Sharpe Wm butcher
Toone Charles beerhouse
Walker John shoemkr & vict Crown
Blacksmiths
Holmes Edward
Toone John
Toone Charles
Boot & Shoe Mkrs
Dixon George
Johnson John
Underwood Thos
Walker John
Farmers & Grzrs
(* are Owners)
Gibbs Thomas
Gilson George
Hall Danl Hall
Houghton Jasper W., Lodge *
Houghton John *
Houghton Henry
Houghton Wm
Knott Thomas
Marriott Daniel
Joiners
Hazzlewood Hy
Pym James
Woodcock Thos
Shopkeepers
Large David
Lovett George
Preston Job
Tailors
Green Isaac
Squires Joseph
Source: History, gazetteer, and directory of Leicestershire, and … Rutland; together with the adjacent towns of Grantham & Stamford By William White · 1846
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Administration
- County: Leicestershire
- Civil Registration District: Melton Mowbray
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Goscote
- Poor Law Union: Melton Mowbray
- Hundred: East Goscote
- Province: Canterbury