Ashton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæʃtən/
enpr: ăsh'tən
Forms: form: Asheton
Etymology: From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A common placename in England:
A hamlet in Bainton parish, City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1005).
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A village in Breage parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6028).
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A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3868).
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A civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, which includes Lower Ashton and Higher Ashton
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A settlement in Bishop's Waltham parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5419).
glosses: A common placename in England:
A village in Eye, Moreton and Ashton parish, north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5164).
glosses: A common placename in England:
A small village and civil parish near Oundle, North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0588).
glosses: A common placename in England:
A small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7649).
glosses: A common placename in England:
A hamlet in Chapel Allerton parish, Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4149).
glosses: A common placename in England:
Former name of Ashton Hayes, Cheshire, renamed by 2015.
glosses: A suburb of Gourock, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2377).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in California.
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An unincorporated community in Ben Hill County, Georgia.
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A city in Fremont County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Lee County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Osceola County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clark County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Sherman County, Nebraska.
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A minor city in Spink County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Springfield, Dane County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A town in South Australia, Australia.
glosses: A rural locality in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English derived from the place names.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Ashton Gate
Ashton Hayes
Ashtonian
Ashton-in-Makerfield
Ashton Keynes
Ashton Moss
Ashton-on-Ribble
Ashton under Hill
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton upon Mersey
Ashton Vale
Bower Ashton
Cold Ashton
Eye, Moreton and Ashton
Long Ashton