Ashby Woulds – Overseal (Derbyshire)

The New Road, noted by Ratledge at Bath Lane and Slackley Lane, Moira “drops down to cross a stream at Gorsey Leys” [Q – is this actually the bed of the disused Ashby Canal?].  The parish (and County) boundary shows a distinct kink:

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Surveyed 1881-82

On modern mapping – note the odd enclosure around scrubland at datum point +86m:

Overseal parish is highlighted in blue.