Ashby Magna

{{Short description|Village in Leicestershire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = Ashby Magna church - geograph.org.uk - 36533.jpg

| static_image_caption = St Mary's Church, Ashby Magna

| coordinates = {{coord|52.5107|-01.1725|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Ashby Magna

| population = 347

| population_ref = (2011)

| shire_district = Harborough

| shire_county = Leicestershire

| metropolitan_borough =

| metropolitan_county =

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster = South Leicestershire

| post_town = Lutterworth

| postcode_district = LE17

| postcode_area = LE

| dial_code = 01455

| os_grid_reference = SP5690

}}

Ashby Magna is a small English village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. The parish has a population of 294, increasing at the 2011 census to 347.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120108&c=Ashby+Magna&d=16&e=62&g=6444556&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1465206055359&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=6 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} It is in the west of the district, and lies midway between junctions 20 and 21 of the M1. Nearby places are Willoughby Waterleys, Peatling Parva and Dunton Bassett.

The village is of Danish origin and recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Essebi' or 'Asseby'. Its name derives from the 'ash' tree, from 'by', Old Danish for a farmstead or settlement, and from 'Magna', Latin for great. It was large by medieval standards but the population has remained static at around 300–400.

The Anglican church of St Mary's[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/ashby-magna-st-mary/ Achurchnearyou] retrieved 12 February 2015 is a grade II* listed building currently on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register as being in a poor state and it has been the subject of heritage crime.{{cite report|title=Heritage at Risk 2018 - East Midlands |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/har-2018-registers/em-har-register2018/ |page=37|publisher=Historic England |accessdate=3 February 2019}}