ASHBY DE LA ZOUC, a market-town in Leicestershire, situated in W. Long. 1. 20. N. Lat. 52. 40. It had a castle which was long in the possession of the family of de la Zouch. It afterwards fell into the hands of Edward IV. who granted it to Sir Edward Hastings, created baron Hastings, with licence to make a castle of the manor-house, to which he adjoined a very high tower. It was demolished in 1648; but a great part of the tower is still standing. It now belongs to the Earl of Huntingdon.