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Ashby De La Zouch, a market town of Leicestershire, England, 15 1/2 m. N. W. of Leicester; pop. 3,800. It is a place of resort for its saltwater baths, and has an ancient church and the remains of a fine castle, in which Mary queen of Scots was once imprisoned.
 
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