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Willesley is a place near Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It was in Derbyshire but is now part of Leicestershire. In the 19th century it had a population of about 60 and Willesley Hall was the home of the Abney and later the Abney-Hastings family. Willesley is so small that it would be a hamlet except that it has a church. ==History== Willesley is mentioned as a significant manor in the Domesday book.〔''Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration''. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.745〕 Willesley is listed among the large number of manors that are owned directly by Henry de Ferrers〔Henry owned a significant number of manors in Derbyshire. Besides Willesley he had Tissington, Hartington, Swarkeston and the new castle at Tutbury.〕 and its value was assessed as twenty shillings TRE〔TRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of King Edward before the Battle of Hastings.〕 and sixteen shillings in 1086. There was once a stately home here called Willesley Hall built of red brick. The hall stood in a park of .〔 The village has always been small. The population remained around the figure of 60 from 1805 to 1881.〔(Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland ), London, 1891, p326, accessed 12 July 2008〕〔(Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire ), 1835, accessed 12 July 2008〕 Little of the manor, but the church, remains today, but Willesley Lake see http://www.willesleylake.co.uk, which has been described as of serpentine design is still used for fishing. The lake was constructed to enable the water level to be controlled for power generation for the nearby Hall.〔(National Forest information ), accessed 12 July 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Willesley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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