Place:Asfordby, Leicestershire, England

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
Melton and Belvoir Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1936-1974
Melton District, Leicestershire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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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.

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