ASHBY-FOLVILE, (Leicestershire) half way bet. Melton-Mowbray and Billesden, stands on a r. that runs into the Wreke. It took its name from the family of William Folvile, a franciscan friar, to which the manor anciently bel. but afterwards came to the Woodfords and Mortons, and to Sir Francis Smith, and was the seat of Ld. Carrington.