Ashby-de-la-Zouch
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 45 ′ N , 1 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SK3516 | ||
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| Residents | 12,530 ( 2011 ) | ||
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| Post town | Ashby-de-la-Zouch | ||
| ZIP code section | LE65 | ||
| prefix | 01530 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | East Midlands | ||
| Shire county | Leicestershire | ||
| District | North West Leicestershire | ||
| Civil Parish | Ashby-de-la-Zouch | ||
| British Parliament | North West Leicestershire | ||
| Website: Ashby de la Zouch Town Council | |||
Ashby-de-la-Zouch ( ˌæʃbɪˌdələˈzuːʃ ), often just Ashby for short , is a small town with about 12,500 inhabitants in Leicestershire , England.
history
The Castle of Ashby-de-la-Zouch was originally built by the Normans in the 12th century. After the line of Alan de la Zouche died out in the 14th century, it changed hands several times. In the 15th century, Edward IV finally lent it to William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings , who expanded the castle. The castle was defended by royalists in the civil war of 1642 and captured by the parliamentary army in January 1643.
In the 19th century the castle fell into ruin, but thanks to the famous novel Ivanhoe it became a tourist attraction, which it has remained to this day. In the 19th century, Ashby was also a spa, as in 1805 a high-yield salt spring was discovered in the nearby Moira coal mine. The Ivanhoe Baths were opened in Ashby in 1822 , a modern Greek building over 60 meters long, but closed in 1960 and finally demolished. Before Coalville became more important, Ashby was the most important place in northwest Leicestershire.
traffic
Although there is a railway line through Ashby, there is no railway connection. The place shares a common exit from the M1 with Loughborough .
sons and daughters of the town
- Alf Twigg (1882 – unknown), soccer player
- Roger Williamson (1948–1973), racing car driver
- Andrew Betts (born 1977), basketball player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alex Lea: Ashby de la Zouch Electoral Division 2011 Census Key Statistics . Leicestershire County Council. 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ^ Nikolaus Pevsner : Leicestershire and Rutland (= The Buildings of England ). Penguin Books , Harmondsworth 1960, pp. 50-55.
- ↑ Tom Dyckhoff: Let's move to Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire . In: The Guardian . July 26, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
