Ashby St. Ledgers, England- Church of Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Leodegarius.
English History - Ashby St. Ledgers, England- Church of Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Leodegarius.
The Church is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Leodegarius (Ledger) a French Bishop in the 600's. There has been a church here since before Norman times. The oldest parts of the present church are from the 1100's.
There were additions by the Catesby Family in the 1400'sand more changes in the 1700's and 1800's.
Ashby St Ledgers was first mentioned in the Domesday Book, which gave the place name as Ascebi ("ash tree settlement"). In Norman times, a church was erected on the site, dedicated to Saint Leodegarius, from whom the modern-day name is derived.
Ashby St. Ledgers, England- Church of Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Leodegarius.
English History - Ashby St. Ledgers, England- Church of Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Leodegarius.
The Church is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Leodegarius (Ledger) a French Bishop in the 600's. There has been a church here since before Norman times. The oldest parts of the present church are from the 1100's.
There were additions by the Catesby Family in the 1400'sand more changes in the 1700's and 1800's.
Ashby St Ledgers was first mentioned in the Domesday Book, which gave the place name as Ascebi ("ash tree settlement"). In Norman times, a church was erected on the site, dedicated to Saint Leodegarius, from whom the modern-day name is derived.