ASHFORDBY, or ASFORDBY, a parish in the
eastern division of the hundred of GOSCOTE, county of
LEICESTER, 3 miles (W.) from Melton-Mo wbray, containing
424 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated
in the king's books at £15. 11. 8., and in the patronage
of the Rev. Andrew Burnaby. The church is dedicated
to All Saints. This place communicates with the Leicester
and Melton-Mowbray Navigation by means of
the river Wreak, over which here is a bridge. In 1769,
Morris Cam bequeathed £100 towards the support of
a school for poor children.