Asfordby

Other current and historical names

Ashfordby
Osferdebie
Esserberie

Built-Up Area: Asfordby
Parish/Community: Asfordby
District/Borough: Melton
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°45'51"N 0°57'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 470852, 319026
OS Grid: SK708190
Mapcode Local: GBR BNT.L9D
Mapcode Global: WHFJZ.CS58

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Asfordby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Asfordby in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Asfordby, or Ashfordby, par. with ry. sta., N. Leicestershire, 3 miles W. of Melton-Mowbray, 1210 ac., pop. 539.

Asfordby in the Domesday Book

A village in Goscote hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Framen
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Framen
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 12 acres

British Place Names

Asfordby, Leicestershire

Asfordby is a village in Leicestershire

Asfordby in historic gazetteers

Asfordby in the Domesday Book