Heazlewoods of Asfordby

The story of a humble English family

This website honours the seven offspring of Henry and Elizabeth Heazlewood of Asfordby, Leicestershire, UK. Through the 1820s and 1830s they had the vision to leave the family home and carpentry shop to forge a new life for themselves in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania, Australia).

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Download "Exodus from Asfordby" - a short summary of the arrival of Asfordby Heazlewoods in Van Diemen's Land.