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| Asfordby | |
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  Asfordby Location within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 3,286 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK7019 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Melton Mowbray |
| Postcode district | LE14 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Asfordby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, to the west of Melton Mowbray on the A6006 road. The village is north-east of Leicester.
The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Asfrothr'.[1]
The parish consists of Asfordby proper, Asfordby Valley and Asfordby Hill, which together have a population of around 3,000 (1995 est). The population had increased to 3,286 at the 2011 census.[2] 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 proper is just over a mile away from the neighbouring village of Frisby on the Wreake. [3][circular reference]
Within Asfordby proper, there are few shops, including a convenience stores, a fish & chip shop, an Indian restaurant, a Chinese restaurant and a Co-operative shop.
Asfordby Hall was demolished in 1965.[4]
Asfordby was the site of a modern deep coal pit, Asfordby Colliery, built between 1984 and 1993, but closed in 1997 due to numerous geological difficulties and the low price of coal at the time.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ Frisby on the Wreake
- ^ "Asfordby Hall | England's Lost Country Houses". www.lostheritage.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.