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 Hatting, created baron Hatting, with licence to make a castle of the manor house, to which he adjointed 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.