Kirkby-in-Ashfield

Kirkby-in-Ashfield is a market town in Nottingham, England, with a population of 25,265 (according to the 2001 National Census). It is a part of the Greater Nottingham area. The Head Offices of Ashfield District Council are located there.Kirkby-in-Ashfield lies on the eastern edge of the Erewash Valley which separates Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Kirkby-in-Ashfield, or Kirkby as it is locally known, was originally a Danish settlement (Kirk-by translates as 'Church Town' in Danish) and is a collection of small villages including Old Kirkby, The Folly (East Kirkby), Nuncargate and Kirkby Woodhouse. It is mentioned in the Doomsday Book and has two main churches, St Wilfrid's, a Norman church, which was gutted by fire January 6th 1907 but quickly re-built to its former glory and St Thomas's built in the early 1910s in neo-gothic style.
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