by a Mr Roy Baines from Ruskington who renovated parts of the Hall. He converted it into an old fashioned Country Club calling it Ashby Hall Country Club. The facilities were swimming pool, fishing, water skiing, boating, horse riding and nightclub. Members paid an annual Fee. Roy Baines lived there with his wife June and children Carol, Jackie, Tony and Peter. The Hall and Club was purchased by the Ward family in the late 1960s under the new name Ashby Country Club, eventually closing in 1992. The Hall was then purchased to become the headquarters of a defence and security manufacturing company. Superfast Broadband In 2010, having been told that high speed broadband was unlikely to reach Ashby De La Launde in the near future, residents brought in an external company to lay a fibre optic ring main around the village, providing access to a 100Mbit/s connection to every home. References External links Villages in Lincolnshire North Kesteven District History of Lincolnshire