Ashton
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Asheton
Etymology edit
From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ashton
- A common place name in England:
- A hamlet in Bainton parish, City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1005).
- A village in Breage parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6028).
- A hamlet near St Dominick, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3868). [1]
- A village in Eye, Moreton and Ashton parish, north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5164).
- A small village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP7649).
- A habitational surname from Old English derived from the place names.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- A town in South Australia, Australia.
- A rural locality in South Canterbury, New Zealand. [2]
- A number of places in the United States:
- A ghost town in California.
- A city in Idaho.
- A village in Illinois.
- A city and town in Iowa.
- A village in Nebraska.
- A city and town in South Dakota.
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Terms derived from Ashton
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References edit
- U. S. Census Bureau genealogy name search based on 1990 census indicates 0.005% of population had the name "Ashton" as a surname, none had it as a male name, and 0.004% had it as a female given name.
- Pareles, J. (2003, August 12). ROCK REVIEW; Still Wildly Gyrating After All These Years. New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2006.