BLACKFORDBY, a chapelry in the parish of ASHBY-de-la-ZOUCH, western division of the hundred of GOSCOTE, county of LEICESTER, 2 miles (W.N.W.) from Ashby de la Zouch, containing 290 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Margaret. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The Ashby de la Zouch canal crosses the wolds south of this place.