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	Ashby-de-la-Zouch - LoveToKnow 1911
		To the south of the town are the extensive remains of Ashby Castle.
		At this castle Mary queen of Scots was detained in 1569 under the custody of the earls of Huntingdon and Shrewsbury.
		In the 18th century Ashby was celebrated as one of the best markets for horses in England, and had besides prosperous factories for woollen and cotton stockings and for hats.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ashby-de-la-Zouch (387 words)

	Castle Ashby
		Castle Ashby was designed by Brown for Charles Compton, the 7th Earl of Northampton, and Spencer Compton, the 8th Earl.
		Castle Ashby is a large scale landscape began in 1761 and has several lakes and garden buildings.
		Castle Ashby with river in the foreground and the castle in the distance.
	members.tripod.com /Buckster78/castle.htm (86 words)

	the good wood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Ashby canal passes through the town and the Leicester and Burton railway once connected Ashby with the rest of the country through the growing rail network with a station near to the Ivanhoe baths.
		The manor of Ashby began as a wooden Norman castle and it was converted to stone by Alan la Zouch, whose family continued to see the castle and hamlet prosper.
		During the Civil War the castle was under siege for a whole year and was defended by Royalists despite being attacked by the commonwealth soldiers based at the nearby Coleorton Garrison.
	www.srbcommunity.co.uk /map_history.asp?location_keywords_1=Ashby (1561 words)

	Ashby-de-la-Zouch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The castle area was the setting for Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott.
		The local upper school, Ashby School, previously Ashby Grammar School, is a mixed comprehensive school for 14 to 19-year-olds and has its roots in the 16th century.
		Ashby bypassed by the A511 trunk road between the towns of Swadlincote and Coalville.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashby-de-la-Zouch (745 words)

	Wikinfo \| Ashby-de-la-Zouch
		It has an historic 15th century castle which was formerly owned by the Hastings family.
		Mary, Queen of Scots is said to have been temporarily kept in the castle.
		The local upper school, Ashby Grammar School (no longer a grammar school), which is a mixed, comprehensive school for 14 to 18-year-olds, has its roots in the 16th century.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Ashby-de-la-Zouch (519 words)

	Ashby de la Zouch
		Ashby Castle is the setting for an important scene from Walter Scott's novel, "Ivanhoe".
		Occasional mock tournaments are still held in the remains of the Castle.
		Sir William Hastings built the castle in the early 15th century.
	www.ashby.localwebshop.co.uk (179 words)

	Ashby de la Zouch Official Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Mary stayed at Ashby Castle on two occasions: in the last week of November 1569, on her way from Tutbury Castle to Coventry; and for the night of Thursday, 22 September 1586, on her last tragic journey to Fotheringhay and execution.
		Ashby Castle became the headquarters of his 'Flying Army' and a vital link between the Royalist south-west and north.
		Besides bringing literary fame to Ashby, the publication of the novel in 1820 drew attention to the forlorn state of the castle, and the first Marquis of Hastings took steps for its greater preservation.
	www.localauthoritypublishing.co.uk /councils/ashby/hastings.html (1100 words)

	gardeningtips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe.
		It only achieved castle status in the 15th century, by which time the hall and buttery had been enlarged, with a solar to the east and a large integral kitchen added to the west.
		Later the castle hosted many royal visitors, including Henry VII, Mary Queen of Scots, James I and Charles I. A Royalist stronghold during the Civil War, the castle finally fell to Parliament in 1646, and was then made unusable.
	www.50connect.co.uk /50c/gardeningtips.asp?article=15117 (562 words)

	Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle
		Ashby Manor began life as a Norman wooden castle and it was Alan la Zouch who converted the building into stone.
		For many years, the castle prospered under the care of the Zouch family, however, with the Zouch succession line ending in the 14th Century, the castle was to change hands many times.
		In 1461, the castle reverted to the Crown.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/leicestershire/34703 (464 words)

	ENGLAND VIEWS IN 1773
		The castle is an impressive ruin of a late medieval castle, dominated by its magnificent tower.
		Sir Walter Scott took Ashby Castle as the setting for the tournament in his novel "Ivanhoe", it was here that Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner for a time by Lord Hastings's grandson first Earl of Huntingdon.
		With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642 Hastings the castle became a Royalist stronghold.
	www.vintage-views.com /BEAUTIES/Volume2/pages/040252K5.htm (459 words)

	Ashby de la Zouch Official Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Zouche held the town until 1399 but although members of the family fought at Crecy and served their monarchs well, it remained in the backwater of national affairs.
		They did improve the manor house, building in stone a hall, solar and outbuildings, much of which can still be seen as part of the larger castle.
		The manor changed hands on several occasions in the 15th century, finally coming into the possession of James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire who fought for the Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton and was beheaded after that defeat.
	www.localauthoritypublishing.co.uk /councils/ashby/zouche.html (144 words)

	Ashby De La Zouch
		There was certainly a manor of Ashby at the time of the Norman invasion which the Domesday Book valued at the princely sum of ten shillings.
		In the 19th century Ashby became a spa town.
		The water had to be imported from the nearby village of Moira (where it had been discovered in a coal mine!) Cook's Tours used to run trips to Ashby for people to "take the waters".
	www.ukbetts.homestead.com /files/Ashbyhis.htm (300 words)

	Ashby de la Zouche Castle - Castle Duncan Forums
		ASHBY CASTLE Ashby-de-la-Zouche takes its name from the Zouche family, whose line died out in 1399.
		In 1464 Ashby was one of the estates granted to William, Lord Hastings, as a reward for his services to Edward IV.
		During the Civil War Henry Hastings strengthened the castle with earthen redoubts and turned it into the chief centre of Royalist resistance in the county.
	www.castleduncan.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1368 (761 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		The history of Castle Ashby begins in the 11th century, when Judith, niece of William the Conqueror, married Waltherof, Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon, and the King granted her several manors in the neighbourhood.
		The original castle was pulled down and the Ashby Estates were acquired by Sir William Compton, ancestor of the present owner, in 1512.
		The present owner of Castle Ashby is the 7th Marquess of Northampton, a direct descendant of Sir William Compton.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/castles/midlands/castle_ashby/ashby6.html (388 words)

	Castle Ashby Northamptonshire through time \| Local history overview for the place (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		There is a reference to Castle Ashby in our collection of historical travel writing, describing Britain between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries.
		"ASHBY (Castle), a parish in Hardingstone district, Northampton; near the Nen river and the Peterborough railway, 7 miles E of Northampton.
		You may be able to find further references to Castle Ashby in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
	www.visionofbritain.org.uk /place/place_page.jsp?p_id=7526 (293 words)

	EMDG - East Midlands Dowsers - Field Report: Ashby Castle, April 2003
		The castle remains are primarily medieval though with both earlier and later works.
		Ashby Castle is in many ways an ideal site for dowsing.
		Ashby Castle provided an absorbing venue in which to practise our art and our thanks go to Lesley Hextall for her efforts in organising our visit.
	www.btinternet.com /~eastmids.dowsers/fr_ashby_castle_03-04-13.htm (476 words)

	Ashby Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		It was Hastings who built the present castle with its 90 foot tower and 9 foot thick walls.
		Trouble was, Hastings was on the wrong side in the Civil War and after the castle was besieged and the Parliamentarians were in power, they decided it should never pose a threat again so it was 'slighted' (made unusable by demolishing vital walls) and this is how you see it today.
		The castle is near where you enter and leave the start/finish field.
	www.ashby20.co.uk /site_page.cfm/parent/Course_information/content/Ashby_Castle (111 words)

	Ashby School > About the School > Lockton House
		It is situated in the very shadow of the ancient castle which itself bears the scars of a former bloody conflict The ground itself is part of English history and no one using the field can fail to be impressed by the historical associations which overshadow the land.
		Situated at the foot of the castle slope the ground always suffered from water logging and the prospect of matches to be played in winter months was sometimes, for those concerned, a little more daunting because of the certain knowledge that the ground would provide its elemental obstacles.
		In recent years under the chairmanship of Clive Jones, the Trustees have made strenuous efforts to drain, fence and refurbish the field to a standard appropriate for its use and reflecting its status as a memorial to fallen boys of the Grammar school.
	www.ashbyschool.org.uk /about/memorial_field.php (693 words)

	Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle, Leicestershire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In 1464 the land and manor were granted to Lord Hastings by Edward IV as a reward for his assistance in the Wars of the Roses.
		Surprisingly both Kirby and Ashby Castles remained in the possession of the Hastings family and Henry Hastings erected hasty fortifications to Ashby when Civil War broke out.
		Ashby Castle was held for the King and over a year of siege was withstood before the Parliamentarians broke in in 1646.
	www.r-l-p.co.uk /ashbydlz.html (346 words)

	Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 30/10/05, Starship Mannion
		It's called Ashby School now, but back then it was called Ashby Grammar School, even though it was a comprehensive, which shows the general level of idiocy that becomes of Ashby as a whole.
		Ashby also has the Bull's Head, which has decently priced drinks on a Thursday, but is full of chavalicious twatfaces and plays utterly shit music.
		Ashby is also where my whore of an ex-girlfriend lived, and as a result you should never, ever take little children to Hood Park.
	blogs.warwick.ac.uk /mmannion/entry/ashby-de-la-zouch (1394 words)

	Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle Ashby Burton upon Trent Leicestershire England English
		Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle was originally a 12th century stone fortified manor house, founded by Alain de Parrhoet, la Zouch.
		The remaining narrow entrance of this late-medieval keep, was protected by a portcullis and running from the basement to the kitchen is a rare underground passage.
		In the 16th century, the Wilderness castle garden was given an enclosing brick wall, flanked by a pair of two storey angle towers.
	www.castleuk.net /castle_lists_midlands/128/ashbycastle.htm (188 words)

	Ashby de la Zouch Tourist Information on AboutBritain.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The unusual name of Ashby de la Zouch is derived from the Breton nobleman, who inherited the estate through marriage in the 12th century.
		Ashby developed into a Spa town in the 19th century, it has a long wide main street, with fine Elizabethan half-timbered houses and delightful bow fronted Georgian shops.
		Ashby Canal - Enjoy a walk along the towpath, passing through the beautiful rural countryside of South West Leicestershire.
	www.aboutbritain.com /towns/ashby-de-la-zouch.asp (779 words)

	1646-Southwell-2006 Ashby Castle Trip
		Committee members, along with rest of Newark and District YAC took a trip to Ashby Castle to take part in a re-enactment with the Greys Regiment of the Sealed Knot.
		Members of the Newark and District young archaeologists club visited Ashby castle in Leicestershire to attend an event organised by the sealed knot.
		Children got a taste of what life was like for infantry solders during the civil war by watching demonstration given by pike men and musketeers.
	www.britarch.ac.uk /yac/newark/ashby.htm (394 words)

	Ashby School > News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The cash will now be handed over to Ashby Castle Rotary Club to buy desperately-needed aqua-boxes and shelters for the survivors of the tragedy.
		Other students were sponsored to wear fancy dress, including Russell Hunt, 15, who spent a week dressed as a woman, and Kate Page, 15, and Hannah Schofield, 16, who came to school in their pyjamas.
		Margaret Hawksworth, director of professional development at Ashby School, and senior vice-president of Ashby Castle Rotary Club, said: "The school's response to the tsunami disaster has been phenomenal.
	www.ashbyschool.org.uk /news/20050210_tsunamitotal.php (260 words)

	Mount Ashby Estate fine Wines, Antiques and Produce.
		The Mount Ashby Estate vineyard is situated on the North facing slopes of Mount Ashby Approximately 6 KLM East of the township of Moss Vale.
		He married an Ashby and built Ashby Castle near the town of de la Zouche in Leistershire.
		Originally built in the early part of the 20th century the Davis family ran it as a produce store from the early 20s to 1988 after which it was used for the restoration of antiques.
	www.mountashby.com.au /store/comersus_generalAshbyWindow.asp (289 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		Work on the present building was begun in 1574 and continued till 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I stayed in the house.
		The present owner is the 7th Marquess of Northampton and Castle Ashby today provides all the requirements of the modern visitor in surroundings which fully retain all the charm of an English Country House.
		Castle Ashby History - Heritage and History of Castle Ashby
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/castles/midlands/castle_ashby/index.html (129 words)

	Castle Ashby Flower Delivery, Castle Ashby Florists UK
		Castle Ashby Flower Delivery, Castle Ashby Florists UK Flowers delivered in Castle Ashby
		They are the leading online florists in the UK and provide a wide selection of flowers and gifts to suit every occasion and budget and will deliver flowers and gifts to Castle Ashby.
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	www.easy4flowers.co.uk /castle-ashby.htm (827 words)

	Goleicestershire: Ashby de la Zouch & National Forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Ashby de la Zouch lies at the heart of the flourishing National Forest, an area that embraces ancient buildings, interesting visitor attractions and miles of hidden nature trails.
		Nearby, you can take a trip on the Ashby Canal to visit the 19th century blast furnace at Moira, or visit Coalville, where a former colliery has been transformed into the fascinating Snibston Discovery Park in celebration of Leicestershire’s industrial past.
		At Ashby itself, climb to the top of the tower at Ashby Castle to enjoy the view that inspired Sir Walter Scott’s tournament scene in his famous novel, Ivanhoe.
	www.goleicestershire.com /ashby (276 words)

	Ashby de la Zouch Castle : Properties : Days Out & Events : English Heritage
		Due to unforeseen circumstances, Ashby de la Zouch Castle will only be open at weekends during December 2006 and January 2007.
		In Ashby de la Zouch, 12 miles S of Derby on A511 (OS Map 128; ref SK 361166).
		Access to castle: Via 200m of grass, but assistance may be required.
	www.english-heritage.org.uk /server/show/conProperty.53 (375 words)

	Davids of Ashby
		Owned and run by David and Frances Watt for the past three years, David's of Ashby offers a large selection of fine wines from around the world including Petrus Margaux, Haut Brion and other first growths found in the Director's Reserve.
		They also stock an impressive range of finest single malt whiskies including many rare and cask strength bottlings as well as their very own Ashby Castle 10-year-old malt specially selected and bottled for David's of Ashby.
		David and Frances offer a catering service for wedding and dinner parties and another new addition is the Havana Cigar Room with a range of the world's finest cigars.
	davidsofashby.srbbusiness.co.uk (252 words)

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