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unusual facts about Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle



Alan Ashby

On November 5, 1976, the Indians traded Ashby and Doug Howard to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Al Fitzmorris.

Ashby Canal Trust

In 2009, the Inland Waterways Association held its annual National Trailboat Festival on the restored length of the Ashby Canal at Moira, at the most northern end of the canal in Leicestershire.

Ashby, Massachusetts

Prince Estabrook, enslaved American patriot who fought and was wounded at the battle of Lexington is buried in the graveyard behind the Unitarian-Universalist church.

Ben Clopton

Benjamin Ashby Clopton, Junior (July 27, 1906 - November 19, 1987) was an artist best known for his work on Walt Disney and Harman-Ising animated cartoons.

Bloor Homes

Bloor Homes is an Enlish housebuilder based in Ashby Road, Measham, Leicestershire, although it has a Derbyshire postcode (DE12 7JP).

Brian Ashby

Ashby was consecrated Bishop at the age of 41 (one of the youngest bishops to take office) on 5 August 1964 in Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch by Archbishop McKeefry of Wellington and the co-consecrators Archbishop Liston of Auckland and Bishop Snedden (Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington).

Debee Ashby

At various times Ashby has been romantically linked with ageing American actor Tony Curtis, and guitarist Rick Parfitt of Status Quo .

Dorothy Ashby

The theatrical production group “The Ashby Players" not only produced black theater in Detroit and Canada but provided early theatrical and acting opportunities for black actors, Ernie Hudson (of Ghostbusters 1 and 2; credited as Earnest L. Hudson) was a featured actor in the Artists Productions version of the play “3-6-9”.

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

There are eight subjects, including Richard Saul Wurman, the founder of TED, Irish architect Kevin Roche, and screenwriter Paul Schrader; Lucia Eames and Eames Demetrios, Charles Eames' daughter and grandson; and three former Eames office designers: Jeannine Oppewall, Gordon Ashby, and Deborah Sussman.

Gary Ashby

Ashby was born in Lubbock, Texas and graduated from Monterey High School.

George Robert Broadbent

Broadbent was born in Ashby, Victoria, the son of George Adam Broadbent, (who migrated from Lancashire), and his wife Elizabeth, née Ruffhead.

Gerald Ashby

On 24 March 1997, during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Liverpool, Ashby awarded a penalty to the away side, despite there appearing to be no contact between Robbie Fowler and the Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman.

Girlguiding Midlands

The Midland Region HQ is on Lower Church Street in Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Harry A. deButts

Harry Ashby deButts (died August 27, 1983 in Upperville, Virginia) was a former president of Southern Railway in the United States.

La Peña Cultural Center

It was founded in 1975 by two Chilean expatriates on Shattuck Avenue in the Ashby neighborhood of Berkeley, California in response to the 1973 golpe de estado.

Landau Forte Academy, Tamworth

Landau Forte Academy QEMS (QEMS or LFATQ, formerly a state school known as Queen Elizabeth's Mercian School) - an 11-16 academy on Ashby Road in the North of Tamworth.

M. K. Ashby

She was one of the daughters of Joseph Ashby and his wife Hannah Ashby (Ashby also being her maiden name).

Nuneaton railway station

A second station, Nuneaton Abbey Street, was opened in 1873 to link the nearby cities of Birmingham and Leicester and also to link Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Coalville via the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway in order to access the large coal reserves located there.

Phil Ashby

In January 2000, Ashby was deployed to Sierra Leone as a military observer with the UN peacekeeping forces stationed there, tasked with disarming the rebel fighters from the Revolutionary United Front led by Augustine Gbao.

Reginald Jacques

Jacques was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire and obtained his first degree from Oxford University, where he later became organist and fellow of Queen's College.

Rosa May

Her story is also dramatized in the musical play, Nevada Belle by George Morgan and Duane Ashby.

Scunthorpe Barbarians

There were victories against Sheffield Forgers and Rossington Sharks at Ashby, with the only away success of the season being at Rotherham Giants.

Stapleton, Leicestershire

The village is centred around St. Martins church (built in about 1300 according to Pevsner) which is to be found on Church Lane in the southern end of the village and was most probably established as a connection point for travellers journeying between Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle and the areas around Coventry, Warwick and Kenilworth.

Thomas Bates

They met Robert Wintour (brother to Thomas) at Ashby St Ledgers, and Digby at Dunchurch.

Thomas E. Caldecott

That same year, Caldecott bought a pharmacy at Dwight Way and Shattuck Avenue, later moved to Ashby Avenue and Adeline Street in the Webb Block, a building which was designated a local landmark in 2004.

Unterbiberger Hofmusik

Claudio Roditi, Jay Ashby and Hannes Läubin played as guests with the group.

Virginia State Route 45

SR 45 heads northeast as Cartersville Road through the hamlets of Ashby and Whiteville on its way to Hamilton.

Wiverton Hall

In June 1643, Queen Henrietta, on her way from Newark, wrote to the King: ‘I shall sleep at Werton Wiverton, and thence to Ashby, where we will resolve what way to take.’ Among other royal visitors were Prince Rupert of the Rhine and his brother Prince Maurice, who after visiting the King in Newark rode to Wiverton with about 400 troops and stayed there until they could settle their future plans.


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