Ashby St Ledgers is a village in West Northamptonshire.
The nearest large towns are Rugby, 5 miles (8.0 km) north west, and Daventry, 3 miles (4.8 km) south. The A5 road, following the course of the Roman Watling Street, passes about a mile east. Rugby has the nearest railway station on the West Coast Main Line, with trains to London Euston and several other parts of the country. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) north via the A5 to the M1 motorway junction 18 and about 7 miles (11.3 km) south to junction 16.
The village is most famous for being the site of the Ashby Manor House, which was home to the Catesby family in the early 17th century. Robert Catesby was one of the main conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, and he and his fellow conspirators met at the Manor House to plan the plot.
Ashby St Ledgers was first mentioned in the Domesday Book, which gave the place name as Ascebi ("ash tree settlement"). In Norman times, a church was erected on the site, dedicated to Saint Leodegarius, from whom the modern-day name is derived.
