Blackfordby

Blackfordby

Blackfordby is a small but growing village about convert|2|mi|km|1 to the northwest of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in England.

History

Charles Abney Hastings of Willesley Hall died on 30 July 1858, aged 66. By a deed of settlement executed about 1846 the Blackfordby and Packington estates of Sir Charles passed to the Marquis of Hastings, who was Henry Rawdon-Hastings. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_8rM-0MQv5MC&lpg=PA309&ots=Z7KOzbGeEl&dq=abney+willesley+hastings+charles&pg=PA309&ci=472,1118,384,333&source=bookclip" The Gentleman's Magazine] , 1858, accessed 12 July 2008]

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