Barsby is in north-east Leicestershire, near Ashby Folville. It is fairly certain that a conventicle apparently noted at ‘Barsby cum membris’ in 1669 is actually a return from Barkby and Barkbythorpe. There is no return of dissenters for 1676, and it is possible that residents were enumerated with Ashby Folville.[1] A small Wesleyan chapel was built … Continue reading Protestant nonconformity in Barsby