ASHBY DE LA ZOUC, a market-town of Leicestershire, situated in W. Long. 1. 20. N. Lat. 52. 40. It had a castle which was long in the possession of the fam-
mily of de la Zouch. It afterwards fell into the hands of Edward IV. who granted it to Sir Edward Hastings, created Baron Hastings, with license 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. The town contained 3141 inhabitants in 1811.