- Ashby de la Launde
infobox UK place
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latitude= 53.08
longitude=-00.43
official_name =Ashby de la Launde
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shire_county=Lincolnshire
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region=East Midlands
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os_grid_reference= TF0555Ashby de la Launde is a small
village , part of thecivil parish of Ashby de la Launde andBloxholm , in theNorth Kesteven district ofLincolnshire ,England , just west of Digby, and east of the A15 and the B1191. The suffix to the name comes from the family that once held the Lordship of the Manor here, the De la Launde's.There is a church dedicated to
Saint Hybald and ahall . Ashby Hall was built in 1595 by Edward King, it remained in the King family until the late 19th century although between 1814 and 1835 it was let to a Mrs Gardner as a girlsschool . In 1841 the Hall and estate passed to John William King who was also theparson of Ashby. Now squire and parson he took over thestables and stud and set about breedingracehorses . In 1874 hisfilly 'Apology' won the Triple Crown ofthe Thousand Guineas ,the Oaks and the St Leger. His activities came to the notice of Bishop Wordsworth of Lincoln who demanded his resignation from the church. King resigned a year later and died shortly afterwards. The Hall has changed greatly over the years and in the 1960s it was converted into aCountry Club .
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