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Ashburton (township)
Ashburton may refer to: Australia * Ashburton, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne ** Ashburton railway station, Melbourne * Shire of Ashburton, a shire in Western Australia ** Electoral district of Ashburton, a former state electorate in Western Australia * Ashburton River (Western Australia), river in the Pilbara New Zealand * Ashburton, New Zealand, a town in Canterbury ** Ashburton Aerodrome, a small airport serving Ashburton ** Ashburton County, was one of the counties of New Zealand ** Ashburton District, which replaced Ashburton borough and county ** Ashburton (New Zealand electorate), a former electorate in New Zealand * Ashburton River / Hakatere, river in the South Island South Africa * Ashburton, KwaZulu-Natal, a town in South Africa United Kingdom * Ashburton, Devon, a town in England ** Ashburton (UK Parliament constituency), a former UK Parliamentary constituency ** Ashburton railway station * Ashburton, London, an area in the London Borough of Croydon, Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton, Victoria
Ashburton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, southeast of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Boroondara Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Ashburton recorded a population of 7,952 at the . Ashburton is known for the Ashburton Village shopping strip, the Ashburton Community Centre and the Ashburton Library on High Street. Nearby Warner Avenue hosts the Ashburton Pool and Recreation Centre and the Ashburton Seniors Centre. It is in close proximity to the Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Monash University (Monash University, Caulfield campus, Caulfield and Monash University, Clayton campus, Clayton campuses), Deakin University (Burwood, Victoria, Burwood campus) and Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University (Hawthorn, Victoria, Hawthorn campus). In 2021, Ashburton residents were found to have the longest lifespan of any residents in Victoria. History Ashburt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton, Devon
Ashburton is a town on the south-southeastern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England, adjacent to the A38. The town is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Plymouth and 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Exeter. It was formerly important as a stannary town (a centre for the administration of tin-mining), and remains the largest town within the national park. Ashburton has five pubs within the centre of town and five restaurants/cafés. The town is also part of the electoral ward named ''Ashburton and Buckfastleigh'', the population of which at the 2011 census was 7,718. History The town's name derives from the Old English ''æsc-burna-tun'' meaning 'farm/settlement with a stream frequented by ash trees'. The name is recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as ''Essebretone''. Ashburton was then the main town of the Parish of Ashburton, in Teignbridge Hundred. During the English Civil War, Ashburton was a temporary refuge for Royalist troops fleeing after their defeat by General Fairf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Ashburton
Baron Ashburton, of Ashburton, Devon, Ashburton in the County of Devon, is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since 1835, the title has been held by members of the Baring family. History The first creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain 1782 in favour of the barrister and Whigs (British political party), Whig politician John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton, Sir John Dunning. This creation became extinct in 1823 on the death of his son Richard Dunning, 2nd Baron Ashburton, Richard, the second Baron. The title was revived in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1835 for the financier and Tory politician Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, Alexander Baring. He was the first cousin of the last holder of the 1782 creation. A member of the distinguished Baring family, Lord Ashburton was the second son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, the uncle of Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, Evely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton, Baltimore
Ashburton is a wealthy, predominantly African-American neighborhood in the Forest Park region of northwestern Baltimore City, Maryland. It is located near Liberty Heights Avenue and Hilton Street, and is characterized by a few large Victorian mansions interspersed among row houses. It has been home to many prominent African Americans, including former Baltimore mayors Catherine Pugh, Kurt L. Schmoke, State Senator Lisa Gladden, and State Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant. Benjamin Jealous, former NAACP president and chief executive officer, traveled as a child from northern California to spend his summers here with his maternal grandparents. Former Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, former Clerk of the Court Frank M. Conaway Sr., and attorney Dwight Pettit grew up in this neighborhood as children. Civil Rights activist, Walter P. Carter moved his family to Ashburton in 1965. His daughter, State Senator Jill P. Carter grew up there and represents the area as senator for Maryl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton Learning Village
Ashburton Learning Village is a learning complex in Woodside, Greater London. It stands in the London Borough of Croydon, and is located near Ashburton Park. The learning village includes Ashburton Library, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Croydon Music Service and a CALAT training centre. The complex was built after the old Ashburton Library was closed down. The nearest Tramlink stop is Woodside. The centre is earmarked as Croydon's Flagship Learning Village. The £20 million secondary school, library and community facilities is the borough's first education Private Finance Initiative (PFI) development. Photovoltaic cells integrated into clerestory glazing will cast dappled shadows along a three-storey central concourse running through the heart of the building. An overhanging roof canopy will provide shelter to the main public entrance. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton Grove
The Emirates Stadium (known as Arsenal Stadium for UEFA competitions) is a football stadium in Holloway, London, England. It has been the home stadium of Arsenal Football Club since its completion in 2006. It has a current seated capacity of 60,704, making it the fifth-largest football stadium in England by capacity. In 1997, Arsenal explored the possibility of relocating to a new stadium, having been denied planning permission by Islington Council to expand its home stadium, Highbury. After considering various options (including purchasing Wembley Stadium), the club bought an industrial and waste disposal estate in Ashburton Grove in 2000. A year later, they received the council's approval to build a stadium on the site; manager Arsène Wenger described this as the "biggest decision in Arsenal's history" since the board appointed Herbert Chapman. Relocation began in 2002, but financial difficulties delayed work until 2004. Emirates was later announced as the main sponsor f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton (ward)
Ashburton was a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, in London in the United Kingdom. The ward covered the Ashburton area, as well as covering the main retail area of Addiscombe, the Stroud Green, Tollgate and Longheath Garden estates, and large parts of northern Shirley. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 14,721. The ward formed part of the Croydon Central constituency, which is one of the most marginal in the country, 165 votes separating the Conservatives and Labour at the 2015 General Election. The ward returned three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2014 London local elections Maddie Henson, Stephen Mann, and Andrew Rendle were elected to the council achieving a 9% swing. All of them were running as Labour Party candidates. Area description Ashburton was named after Ashburton House, one of the three big houses in the Addiscombe area. Ashburton Park was opened on the site of Stroud Green House, which was later developed into a boys†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton, London
Woodside is an area in south London, in the London Borough of Croydon and the historic county of Surrey. It is between Addiscombe and South Norwood. It is south of South Norwood, west of Shirley and Monks Orchard, north of Addiscombe, and east of Selhurst. History Woodside was first mentioned in 1332, and is thought to signify its location adjacent to the Great North Wood, a formerly extensive forest which gives its name to the various ' Norwoods' in the area.Willey, Russ. ''Chambers London Gazetteer'', p 565-6 Woodside was historically largely agricultural land, but its heavy soil made farming difficult; local farmer William Marshall published details of his efforts in this regard in the 1780s. However the clayey soil did enable a brick-making industry to form in the area by the 1850s. A small settlement centred on Woodside Green had already sprouted up by the early 19th century. Handley's brickworks' chimneys dominated the area, their hooter being heard all over the locality at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton Railway Station
Ashburton railway station is a closed railway station situated in the town of Ashburton in Devon, England. It was the terminus of a branch line from Totnes. History Ashburton station, along with the rest of the branch from Totnes, was opened by the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway on 1 May 1872. The railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway in 1897 and this in turn was nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948. The station closed to passengers in November 1958 although goods traffic on the line continued until 7 September 1962. The station was briefly re-opened by the Dart Valley Railway, a heritage railway, on 5 April 1969 following which occasional works trains operated but the station was closed finally in 1971 when the track bed between Ashburton and Buckfastleigh was needed for improvements to the A38 road. The South Devon Railway, a successor to the Dart Valley Railway, still operates the remainder of the branch between Totnes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Ashburton was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament at Westminster, for the Parliaments of 1295 and 1407, and regularly from 1640 until it was abolished for the 1868 general election. It was one of three Devon borough constituencies newly enfranchised (or re-enfranchised after a gap of centuries) in the Long Parliament. It returned two Members of Parliament until the 1832 general election when the number was reduced to one MP. (currently unavailable ) From the 1885 general election Ashburton was revived as a county division of Devon. It returned one member until it was abolished from the 1918 general election. Boundaries 1885-1918 The Sessional Divisions of Crockernwell and Teignbridge Teignbridge is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Newton Abbot. Other towns in the district include Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dawlish and Teignmouth. It is named for the old Teignbridge hundred. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton, KwaZulu-Natal
Ashburton is a town in Msunduzi Local Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is situated next to the N3 about 12 km east of Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu .... References Populated places in the Msunduzi Local Municipality {{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton Railway Station, Melbourne
Ashburton railway station is located on the Alamein line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Ashburton, and opened on as Norwood on 30 May 1890. It was renamed Ashburton on 12 December 1890.Ashburton Vicsig History Ashburton station opened on 30 May 1890, and was on the first section of the Outer Circle line. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Ashburton Terrace in , , where[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
