Ashcroft was founded in the 1860s , during the Cariboo Gold Rush , by two English brothers named Clement Francis Cornwall and Henry Pennant Cornwall , founders of Ashcroft Ranch , who emigrated to Canada from Ashcroft , at Newington Bagpath in Gloucestershire .
The village of Ashcroft was founded in the 1860s which was during the Cariboo Gold Rush , by two English brothers named Clement Francis Cornwall and Henry Pennant Cornwall who were the founders of Ashcroft Ranch . They emigrated to Canada from Ashcroft , at Newington Bagpath in Gloucestershire .