Ashorne is a village in

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and part of the

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of Newbold Pacey. Ashorne is from

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and from

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Ashorne Hill House Ashorne Hill House, Ashorne, Warwickshire, England is a late Victorian country house built for Arthur and Ethel Tree by the architect Edward Goldie between 1895 and 1897. Arthur Tree, son of the American lawyer and diplomat, Lambert Tree, an ...

is a large

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which is used as a

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Cricket team

Ashorne has a

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side running sides on a Saturday, Sunday and Midweek. The club joins local village Moreton Morrell in being known as Ashorne and Moreton Morrell CC. 'The Horne' as they can also be known play league cricket in the Cotswold Hills Cricket league. Ashorne cricket Club is the only club in England to have to cross a water source, which is called the Thelshold Brook, to get to the clubhouse. It is also the only club in 3 different Villages. The Pitch is in Ashorne, The Clubhouse is in Newbold Pacey and all of the players come from Moreton Morrell.

References

External links

A Visitors Guide to Ashorne

Meet England - Ashorne Hill
Villages in Warwickshire Stratford-on-Avon District {{Warwickshire-geo-stub