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3 unusual facts about Ashby Folville


Ashby Folville

Veronica Whall and Edward Woore were erected in memory of members of the Smith-Carington family.

The family name, ultimately derived from Folleville in the French region of Picardy, is attached to several other sites in Leicestershire, such as the deserted village of Newbolt Folville.

After World War II, a resettlement camp for displaced people from Poland was established in a former US Army base in the grounds of Ashby Folville Manor.



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