Visit Willesley Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Willesley

  

Willesley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Willesley

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Willesley history

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Willesley is mentioned as a significant manor in the Domesday book. The village was once a stately home called Willesley Hall built of red brick. Little of the manor remains today, although the church and Willesley Lake both remain.

The Abney and Hastings family

The Abney family required that owners of the manor should be called Abney. Twice there has had to be a special Act of Parliament for people to add the name Abney to their surname. Sir Charles Abney Hastings was the last person descended from the Abney line.

19th and 20th centuries

In 1897 the counties of Leicestershire and Derbyshire corrected their boundaries to remove enclaves. The ancient parish of Willesley became a civil parish in 1866, but in 1936 the civil parish was abolished. Almost all of the parish was absorbed into Ashby de la Zouch.

You can visit Willesley places with Walkfo Willesley to hear history at Willesley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Willesley has 22 places to visit in our interactive Willesley map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Willesley, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Willesley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Willesley & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 22 audio facts unique to Willesley places in an interactive Willesley map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Willesley Places Map
22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Willesley historic spots	Willesley tourist destinations	Willesley plaques	Willesley geographic features
Walkfo Willesley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Willesley

  

Best Willesley places to visit

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Willesley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Willesley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Willesley’s information audio spots:

Holy Trinity Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Holy Trinity, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in Leicestershire.

Moira Furnace Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved as a museum featuring lime kilns and craft workshops.

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Visit Willesley plaques