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Ashby Magna

"ASHBY MAGNA, a pleasant village, township, and parish in Guthlaxton Hundred, Lutterworth Union and County Court District, 4 miles N. by E. of Lutterworth and 10 miles S. by W. of Leicester, contained, in 1871, 275 inhabitants, living in 61 houses, on 1720 acres of land, rising boldly in the north, where a rivulet has its source. The Earl of Aylesford os lord of the manor and owner of the soil." [White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 3rd Edition 1877]

Census

The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print and Volume 18 covers the part of the Lutterworth District which includes Ashby Magna.

Church Records

The Society of Genealogists holds copies of marriage records from 1576 - 1836.

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Maps

Multi Media Mapping have a current map showing the location of Ashby Magna.

Poorhouses, Poor Law.

Ashby Magna was part of the Lutterworth Union which comprised of 37 parishes in Northamptonshire, Warwickshire as well as in Leicestershire. The union workhouse, completed in 1839, was situated in at the head of the Wood market in Lutterworth and was capable of housing 200 inmates. The 1871 census shows 79 paupers in residence.

The Lutterworth Local History Group has published a study entitled "The Lutterworth Workhouse". This traces the history of the workhouse from the commencement of building in 1834 to its demolition in 1970. An index of inmates has also been produced. Both these publications are available through the Leicestershire and Rutland Family History Society.

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