The Parish

Asfordby Parish consists of three villages, Asfordby, Asfordby Valley and Asfordby Hill, which are situated to the north of the River Wreake near to the market town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire.

The combined population of the villages in 1995 was estimated at 3,142 with approximately 1,400 homes within the parish as a whole. Asfordby is mentioned in the Domesday Book, while the villages of Asfordby Valley and Asfordby Hill developed around the iron works that were founded in 1875 following the discovery of ironstone in that area. Land to the south of Asfordby is characterised by water meadows and wash-land areas while the valley setting is emphasised by rising, mainly pasture, land to the north.

All Saints Parish Church was built in the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and contains one fragment of Norman work and parts of a pre-conquest cross shaft. The local ironstone walling is crenellated with limestone and a graceful limestone spire surmounts the ironstone tower, the two stones making a pleasant combination. There are eight listed buildings in Asfordby, including the Church and the village cross, and eight additional buildings are notified as being of local interest

Schools

For details of local schools, please go the external links page and click on Community Action - Primary Schools