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Rh ASlir.Y-DK-LA-Zufi If. 101 ASHliY-lTLKPlirM. Sir Willam Hastings, who was created Baron Hastings of Ashby-de-1 I a castle !.. : In thij jilace ho was 1 Richard III. Mary
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custody of tli. Karl of Huntingdon. In 1003, the- oa-tle . isited by Ann.-, tin' <|iioon of James I., and Prince 11. m. a.-.d in Hil7 by th<; king himsi It'. Jt was gar- risoned fur I 'harli s J., who was entertained there in 1U|.; and alter a hi. -go of several months it was taken by Fairfax. It was subsequently surrendered to Colonel Needham, and was dismantled, according to the order of the House of Commons, in 1648. The town, which is well paved, and lighted with gas, stands in a pleasant valley, through which runs the small river Mease, on the borders of Derbyshire. It consists of one principal street and several others parallel to it. The principal employments are the manufacture of stockings, hats, and bricks, and the smelting of iron ore, which is obtained in the Wolds. There is also an extensive manufactory for bookbinders' leather, &c. The I vanhoc Baths, erected by the Marquis of Hastings, in 1820, is a handsome edifice, of the Ionic order of architecture, well fitted up for the accommodation of invalids. The water of the baths is suppli.d by springs in the neighbouring col- lieries ; it contains much salt and some bromine, and is useful in cases of rheumatism, scrofula. &c. The Royal I, which adjoins the baths, is a handsome build- ing in the same style of architecture, and is fitted up pressly for the accommodation of families visiting the baths. The town contains a theatre, union work- house for 300 inmates, reading-room, parochial library, gas-works, bank, and several good lodging-houses. There is a bridge over the Mease, and extensive water- works, constnieted in 1H5I, fur the supply of the town. Petty sessions are held here. It is the seat of a county court and the head of a union. It is governed by a con- stable and two headboroughs, choaen annually in Octo- ber, and a local Board of Health. This parish is the largest in the shire, and has mines of coal, lead, iron- stone, and limestone ; lloira colliery, which is very ex- tensive, is situated 3 j miles to the W. of the town. At the adjoining hamlet of Woodville, fire-clay is found, from which earthenware and fire bricks are made. The living is a vic. in the dioe. of Peterborough, val. 41", in the patron, of the Marquis of Hastings. The church is dedicate,! to St. Helen. It is a large and hand- some edifice of stone, with chapels on each side of the chancel, and a peal of 8 bells. In one of the chapels are the tombs of the Hastings family, and monu- ments to the Karls of Huntingdon. Here is the tomb of Sclina, Countess of Huntingdon, founder of a reli- gious sect named after her. Her bust, by Rysbrack, is placed on the tomb of the carl. The church possesses a curious instrument, colled a " finger pillory," in which the fingers of disorderly persons might be ingeniously fitted and iq it is placed on two posts uiul organ gallery. At the west end of the town is a hand- some district chinch, j,, the early KiiL'lish style, . Trinity ch.i]ivl, which was built in iN.'iS. The living, val. 180, is in the patron, of the x j,, r . There is also another district elmi chat the village of Woodvillc. Independents, Weslcyun ami Primitive Methodists. lists, and the Counted* of lluntini:dn'- placos of worship 1 is a building of *oin> in lh'7.i. ai built in IWJ.i at th M of 2,000. There is a free grammar school, which was founded by the Kail of Huntingdon in 1 1 10. There r.h it, and the .-ehool at Deri hihition* nt Emmanuel masters, two classical, an-l is a blue coat school, established in 1GG9 by Isaac Pawson, and a green coat school, endowed i - wton ; having an endowment 'of i'/in, the ];, An endowment of HM a year, by the 1,'ev. s ,'lied partly to apprenticing |..,., r hoys and parth iimnuiit nit I h,. i.,w- M ;< con. with the csnal by a tram railroad. The cannl, which is on a level and without a tingle lock, is nearly thirty mili -i in length: extending Inun Moiia, in the par. of . thlKll^ll -M:u: i and llirkley, to the itry canal, near Nuneatmi. Theie an- i ti nsive ma of the ancient castle on the south sido of the town. It was Burroui. > of which was ten mill s in ciiciiit. 'l'he building w.. brick und partly of stnne, and had two line t<.-. - An iiliartnient .imong the ruins i.-, still call-d Mary IJ of Scots' room. Ashby House, a scut of the Hastings, stands on the site of the castle. I bouring Wolds contain abundance of ironstone, and Uusu is a coal-field extending over ai. area of about ICO square miles. The Marquis is the owner of the pits opcn.d at Moira, Swadlincote, Oakthorpc, and Donni>tlioi-]<-. Bishop Hall was a native of this town, a pupil at the grammar school, and subsequently a master there. He was born in l.i,' I. I >r. John Bainbridge, mai was born herein 1582. The market is held on Sat principally for grain and agricultural produce. Fair* are held on Shrove Tuesday, Kaster Tuesday, Whit Tuesday, and tho 10th of November, lor ' horses and cattle, and a statute fair for hiring servants' on the last Monday in s AS1I11Y KAsT.'or AS111! V-HV-PAKTNKV, a par. in tho Wold div. of the wap. of Candlesh.. Lindbey, in the co. of Lincoln, 2 miles to the i Spilaby, its post town. Tho living is a reel.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 1-17, in th- : the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. II AS111!V-1'( H. VI 1,1.1-:, a par. in the eastern div. oft hand, of I-:..-: a th- CO, Ol i ill.- S.W. of Melton Mowhray, its ]>osl ; . K. < 11 railway station. Itis situated 01 i the river Wrekc, and includes the chplry. ot Itarsby. The living is a vie. in the di. of I'. in tho patron, of the Rev. W. A he church, which is in tho decorated English style, is dedicated to St. Mary. There is an aUnshousc, founded in Hi7:>. by Francis, Lord Carrington, and cmlowi d with an estate in Lincolnshire producing about 200 per annum. It was designed for the benefit of i- ' this and two other parishes. A new national school has lieen built, and is supported by subs, ri] Edward < li. n.y, Esq., is lord of the manor. AS11HV M.UiXA.a j-ar. in the hund. of Guthlaiton, in the co. of Leicester, 4 miles to tho X.E. of I.i worth, its post town. It lies on a pleasant s!- f i the Midland railway. The livinir is a vie.* in 1 dioc. of Peterborough, val. 200, in the juitron. of i iiurch is (i Mai V. ASiU'.Y-MKAKS. ajar, in the bund, of Han shoe, iii thi) co. of Northampton, .'i miles to the S W. of .inn is its post town. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Pet i i hen. . [IB. M. Kowby's Trustees. The church .1 Saints. Ashby-Mcais ll.ni-e is the AS11HV 1'AKVA, a par. in the bund, of (iuthlax in th.- co. 1.1 ;, mile. 1.. U :terwc its post town. It is sitnatfd on hiph ground, abou ..in Ulli-slhorpe station, on tin- Midland railw The living is it rect. in the di..c. oi Peterborough,- 260, in the itr'jn. of the lonl eliamellor. Tho church, which is nncii nt, is dedicated ! St. I' There arc ulmsh..ii-..< t -r s poor women, founded endowed in 1832 by l.my (.ters of Lincoln ratlntlr.il. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of