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Asfordby
Village in Leicestershire, England
Village in Leicestershire, England
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | England |
| static_image_name | Asfordby church.jpg |
| static_image_width | 200 |
| static_image_caption | All Saints' Church, Asfordby |
| coordinates | |
| official_name | Asfordby |
| population | 3,286 |
| population_ref | (2011) |
| shire_county | Leicestershire |
| region | East Midlands |
| constituency_westminster | Melton and Syston |
| post_town | Melton Mowbray |
| postcode_district | LE14 |
| postcode_area | LE |
| dial_code | 01664 |
| os_grid_reference | SK7019 |
Asfordby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. The village is located to the west of Melton Mowbray on the A6006 road and north-east of Leicester.
The village's name means "farm/settlement of Asfrothr".
The parish consists of Asfordby proper, Asfordby Valley and Asfordby Hill, which together have a population of around 3,000 (1995 est). The population had increased to 3,286 at the 2011 census. The villages are to the north of the River Wreake, with Asfordby Hill situated east of Asfordby proper, closer to Melton, and Asfordby Valley to the north. Asfordby proper is just over a mile away from the neighbouring village of Frisby on the Wreake.
Within Asfordby proper, there are few shops, including a convenience stores, a fish & chip shop, an Indian restaurant, a Chinese restaurant and a Co-operative shop.
Asfordby Hall was demolished in 1965.
Asfordby was the site of a modern deep coal pit, Asfordby Colliery, built between 1984 and 1993, but closed in 1997 due to numerous geological difficulties and the low price of coal at the time.
Railway test track
The original Old Dalby test track is owned by BRB (Residuary) Ltd. and runs from Melton Mowbray via Asfordby to Edwalton. In the early 2000s it was leased to Alstom Transport Limited who upgraded and electrified the line and used it for testing the UK version of Pendolino tilting trains. After completion of the Pendolino testing in early 2005 the line was mothballed.
On 12 February 2007, Metronet announced that they had leased the track and would be refitting part of it to test the next generation of air conditioned tube trains.{{cite press release | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071028144814/http://www.metronetrail.com/default.asp?sID=1170757840171 | archive-date = 28 October 2007 |url-status = dead | author-link = BBC | archive-date = 10 November 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121110041321/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/6466501.stm | url-status = live
The Alstom Midlands Test Centre (AMTC) HQ now occupies various buildings at the former mine complex at Asfordby.
References
References
- "Key to English Place-names".
- "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
- [[Frisby on the Wreake]]
- "Asfordby Hall | England's Lost Country Houses".
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