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Ashby Folville
Ashby Folville shown within Leicestershire |
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| OS grid reference | SK7012 |
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| Parish | Gaddesby |
| District | Melton |
| Shire county | Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire | |
Ashby Folville is a village in the Melton district of Leicestershire, south west of Melton Mowbray. The civil parish of Ashby Folville was abolished in 1936 and its 1,796 acres (727 ha) were merged with Gaddesby.
The village was recorded in the Domesday Book.[1] The Folville element of the placename comes from a family that had its seat here. The family name, ultimately derived from Folleville in the French region of Picardy, is attached to several other sites in Leicestershire, such as the deserted village of Newbolt Folville.[2] Eustace Folville (died 1346) was the leader of a robber band active in Leicestershire and Derbyshire in the first half of the 14th century. With four of his younger brothers, including the priest Richard, they were responsible for two of the most notorious crimes of early 14th century England.
The parish church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building.
After World War II, a resettlement camp for displaced people from Poland was established in a former US Army base in the grounds of Ashby Folville Manor.[3]