Ashby Magna
| Ashby Magna | |
| Leicestershire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP562906 |
| Location: | 52°30’39"N, 1°10’21"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 347 (2011) |
| Post town: | Lutterworth |
| Postcode: | LE17 |
| Dialling code: | 01455 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Harborough |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Leicestershire |
Ashby Magna is a small village in Leicestershire. It is to be found midway between junctions 20 and 21 of the M1 motorway. Nearby places are Willoughby Waterleys, Peatling Parva and Dunton Bassett.
The parish had a recorded population of 347 at the 2011 census
The name of the village is of Danish origin and recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Essebi' or 'Asseby'. Its name derives from the 'ash' tree, from 'by', Old Danish for a farmstead or settlement. Later it received the suufix 'Magna' (Latin for 'great'). It was large by mediæval standards but the population has remained static at around 300-400.
The parish church of St Mary's[1] is a grade II* listed building currently on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register as being in a poor state and it has been the subject of heritage crime.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ashby Magna) |
- Ashby Magna Parish Council
- Broadview Energy Low Spinney
- Pictures of Ashby Magna and the area on Geograph.co.uk
- Parish Profile 2001
References
- ↑ Achurchnearyou retrieved 12 February 2015
- ↑ Heritage at Risk report: page 37 (Historic England)