How
to find us
 Blackfordby Village lies approximately one mile northwest
of Ashby. It can be reached from Ashby via the A511, Ashby Road
via Moira Road. A public footpath connects Ashby and Blackfordby
and it takes 25 minutes to walk from one to the other.
Blackfordby Today Although many of the oldest and most impressive
buildings have been lost, including the seventeenth century Blackfordby
Hall, demolished in 1966, and the medieval chapel, Blackfordby retains
much of its original charm. There are still two thatched cottages
dating from the sixteenth century, on Main Street the other off
Well Lane. Many of the social activities of the village revolve
around the Village Hall and the two local public houses the Blue
Bell and the Black Lion.
St Margaret’s Church Built on the site of an eleventh century
chapel, the church is the most prominent landmark in Blackfordby.
The original chapel was built from local sandstone and was small
enough to have fitted inside the current church. Unfortunately,
by the mid-nineteenth century it had fallen into a state of disrepair
and was consequently rebuilt in its present form in 1857-58. Recycling
was underway even then - the bell is inscribed “Blackfordby
church bells from 1663 and 1724 helped in making this bell 1888”
Blackfordby Memorial Clock The three faces of the clock were installed
in the steeple of St Margaret’s Church in the 1920s. They
stand as a memorial to those from Blackfordby killed in World War
1. The clock is maintained with money raised by the villagers and
must be hand-wound once a week.
The Village Spring The spring was the only source of clean water
in Blackfordby until the advent of the mains water supply in the
1930s. Although now only a trickle, the Main Street Site has been
refurbished by enthusiastic villagers to make a feature of the spring.
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