Ashby Magna

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Ashby Magna
Leicestershire
Ashby Magna church - geograph.org.uk - 36533.jpg
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]

See also

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References

  1. Achurchnearyou retrieved 12 February 2015
  2. Heritage at Risk report: page 37 (Historic England)