ASHBY (ST-LEDGER'S), a parish in the hundred
of FAWSLEY, county of NORTHAMPTON, 3 miles (N.)
from Daventry, containing 272 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's
books at £6. 13. 4., and in the patronage of J. Ashley,
Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Leodgare,
is in the later style of English architecture, and
contains a richly ornamented screen and rood-loft, and
in the windows are some portions of ancient stained
glass. The parish is bounded on the east by the Watling-
street.