Ashby-de-la-Zouch
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Ashby-de-la-Zouch, also spelled Ashby de la Zouch and commonly shortened to Ashby, is a market town and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, near to the D
Market Street, Ashby de la Zouch geograph.org.uk 6471466
Church of St Helen, Ashby de la Zouch geograph.org.uk 5867760
Ashby de la Zouch Castle
Ashby de la Zouch Castle
Ashby de la Zouch Castle
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Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. The castle was built by William, Lord Hastings, a favourite of Edward IV, after 1473, acco
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
…Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, near to the Derbyshire and Staffordshire borders. Its population at the 2021 census was 16,491. Ashby de la Zouch Castle was an important fort in the 15th to 17th centuries. During the 19th century, the town's main industry was ribbon manufacturing. The civil parish…
The castle seen from the south-west, showing the Kitchen Tower (left) and the Great Tower (right)
Carved fireplace in the Great Hall, decorated with images of angels and shields
The Great Tower, slighted after the English Civil War
The castle and the sunken gardens