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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.

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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.

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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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