Ashby-de-la-zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, frequently shortened to Ashby, is a small market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, inside the National Forest. It is a sister city with Pithiviers in north-central France and is located near to the Derbyshire border. The civil parish consists of the hamlets of Shellbrook, west of the town, and Boundary to its north-west. Some nearly villages are Lount, Normanton le Heath, Smisby, Packington, Donisthorpe, Oakthorpe, Moira, Measham and Coleorton. The towns of Swadlincote, Burton-upon-Trent, Melbourne and Coalville are all within ten miles of Ashby, with the city of Derby 11.5 miles north. The town is located at the heart of the National Forest and about 24 miles south of the Peak District National Park. It lies on the A42 national route in between Tamworth and Nottingham. The permanent resident population of the town, in line with the 2001 census, was 12758, which increased to 13759 in the 2011 census. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle was important from the 15th to the 17th centuries. In the 19th century, the town became a spa town and ahead of the growth of Coalville, it was the chief town in northwest Leicestershire. In the 19th century, its key industries were ribbon manufacture, coal mining and brickmaking. The town was served by the Leicester to Burton-upon-Trent Line of the Midland Railway from 1849. Numerous the buildings in Market Street, the town's principal thoroughfare, are timber framed, but most of this was hidden by later brick facades. The Bull's Head public house still has its original Elizabethan half-timbering, although most of this was plastered over some years ago and can now no longer be identified from the street. For all of your home improvement projects, make certain that you use trustworthy professionals in Ashby-de-la-Zouch to make sure you get the best quality service.
