In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashby Folville like this:
ASHBY-FOLVILLE, a township and a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester. The township lies on an affluent of the river Wreak, 5 miles ESE of Bearsby r. station, and 6 SW of Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1,983. Real property, £3,460. Pop., 160. Houses, 43. The parish includes also the chapelry of Barsby; and its Post Town is Gaddesby under Melton-Mowbray. ...
Acres, 3,013. Real property, £5,679. Pop., 450. Houses, 106. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £190. Patron, the Rev. W. Acworth. The church is decorated English of the 14th century; has fine square-headed windows; and needs repair. Almshouses and other charities were founded by Lord Carrington, and have an income of £139. The Franciscan friar, William Folville, who figured in the controversy "De pueris induendis," was a native.
Ashby Folville through time
Ashby Folville is now part of Melton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Melton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ashby Folville itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashby Folville, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10579
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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