English Explanatory Dictionary

Ashton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A common placename in England:
  2. A hamlet in Bainton parish, City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1005).
  3. A village in Breage parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6028).
  4. A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3868).
  5. A civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, which includes Lower Ashton and Higher Ashton
  6. A settlement in Bishop's Waltham parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5419).
  7. A village in Eye, Moreton and Ashton parish, north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5164).
  8. A small village and civil parish near Oundle, North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0588).
  9. A small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7649).
  10. A hamlet in Chapel Allerton parish, Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4149).
  11. Former name of Ashton Hayes, Cheshire, renamed by 2015.
  12. A suburb of Gourock, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2377).

Pronunciation

/ˈæʃtən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ashton.wav ăsh'tən

Word forms

Ashton Asheton

Etymology

From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

Derived words

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
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