Past and Present Number 13

Terram Domine, An American's unlikely introduction to Ashby and to the forgotten lady of the manor

The Manor House, A history of the 19th century house built by John Simmonds Mammatt and now the home of Manor House School.

Coal Mining in the Lount Area

From Market Street to Mesopotamia, an account of the role of various Ashby men in the First World War Mesopotamia campaign.

The Earl Ferrers' Lead Mines, Dimmingsdale

The Victorians 4: Barbara Yelverton, Marchioness of Hastings and Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, 1810-1858

Number 12

The Wagon and Horses

Pudding Bag Cottage

The Crocker Collection

The Victorians 3

Population Change in Packington;
a local history detective story

Ashby Dramatic Society

Henry Pilkington

"The Honourable Mrs Shirley"
Mother of Three Earls

Ashby Great War Casualties at Passchendale

Number 11

Ashby's Great War Memorial - Finding the Fallen

The Victorians 2: Charles Frederick Clifton later Abney-Hastings, 1st Baron Donington (b. 1822 d. 24th July 1895)

The Merry Wives of John Bott

Packington Village

A Coalville Childhood and beyond

The Poetry Day with Manor House Pupils

Ashby Writers' Club, Annual Writing Competition

Number 10

Dolly Shepherd - Edwardian Lady Parachutist

Willesley Memories 1896-1902

The Victorians: Abney-Hastings

Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, 1707-1791

Ashby's Early Theatricals

Surgeons and Soapboilers; a Brief Study of the Burial Registers of Ashby de la Zouch

"Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know" The 4th Marquis of Hastings

The Hare and Hounds in 1943

The Gentleman Gypsy, a Journey through Ashby and Lount

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Number 9

Ashby-de-la-Zouch Museum, A Quarter of a Century of Progress

A Few Anecdotes Apertaining to Police Constable 206 Sydney Pearson Smith, Stationed at Ashby 1938-1944

Ashby's Inns, Pubs and Alehouses

Burton Brewery Company at Ashby-de-la-Zouch

United Biscuits at Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Ashby Round Table at 50

17th Century Summary Justice

Pupil Teachers in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 1905 to 1907

Teacher Training in Ashby in 1905

The "Vaccies" - 1939

Richard Austin Smithard, 3 July 1929 - 18 February 2007

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