Ashton may refer to:
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Ashton (given name)
Ashton is a given name of English origin. It is derived from the surname, itself a place name meaning "ash tree town."
The name is in use for both boys and girls in United States. Ashton was used far more often for American females from years 198 ...
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Ashton (surname)
Places
Australia
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Ashton, Elizabeth Bay, a heritage-listed house in Sydney, New South Wales
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Ashton, South Australia
Canada
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Ashton, Ontario
New Zealand
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Ashton, New Zealand
Ashton is a lightly populated locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is situated on the Canterbury Plains south of Ashburton, on the Pacific Ocean coastline. It is on the southern side of the Ashburton River / Ha ...
South Africa
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Ashton, Western Cape
United Kingdom
England
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Ashton, Cambridgeshire
Ashton is a hamlet in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It falls within Bainton civil parish, part of the city of Peterborough
Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City ...
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Ashton, Cornwall
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Ashton, Devon
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Ashton, Hampshire
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Ashton, Herefordshire
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Ashton, North Northamptonshire, near Oundle
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Ashton, West Northamptonshire
Ashton is a village in West Northamptonshire about southeast of Roade village close to the Northampton to Milton Keynes A508
The A508 is a short A-class road for north–south journeys in central and south central England, forming the r ...
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Ashton, Somerset
Chapel Allerton is a village and civil parish, south of Cheddar in the English county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlets of Ashton and Stone Allerton.
History
The name comes from "''Aelfweard's settlement''", with the chapel prefix b ...
, a hamlet in the parish of Chapel Allerton, Sedgemoor district
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Long Ashton or Ashton, North Somerset
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Ashton Court
Ashton Court is a mansion house and estate to the west of Bristol in England. Although the estate lies mainly in North Somerset, it is owned by the City of Bristol. The mansion and stables are a Grade I listed building. Other structures on th ...
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Ashton Gate, Bristol
Ashton Gate is a suburb of Bristol, United Kingdom, in the Southville ward of Bristol City Council. A toll house at the western end of North Street still survives and indicates the origin of the area's name as a gate on the road to Ashton (now k ...
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Ashton Vale
Ashton Vale is a suburb located in the Bedminster ward of Bristol, United Kingdom.It Is located in the very south-western edge of the city. Ashton Vale has a mixture of residential and light industry.
It is served by Ashton Vale Primary Schoo ...
, now in Bristol
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Bower Ashton, now in Bristol
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Ashton Common, Wiltshire
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Ashton Green
Ringmer is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England.OS Explorer map Eastbourne and Beachy Head Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. The village is east of ...
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Ashton Hayes
Ashton Hayes is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located about 8 miles east of Cheste ...
, Cheshire
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Ashton Keynes
Ashton Keynes is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England which borders with Gloucestershire. The village is about south of Cirencester and west of Cricklade. At the 2011 census the population of the parish, which includes ...
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Ashton under Hill
Ashton under Hill is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire in England. It is situated at the foot of Bredon Hill. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 743, about six miles south-west of Eve ...
, Worcestershire
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Ashton upon Mersey
Ashton upon Mersey is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 9,693 at the 2011 census. It lies on the south bank of the River Mersey, south of Manchester city centre.
Historically par ...
, Greater Manchester
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Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
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Ashton (ward)
Ashton is an electoral ward in Wigan, England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the s ...
, an electoral ward in Wigan
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Ashton-on-Ribble
Ashton-on-Ribble is a suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 4,459.
Ashton-on-Ribble was recorded in the ''Domesday Book''.
Demographics
The 2011 census records the ward's population at 4,459; in 2001 the ...
, Lancashire
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Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manc ...
, Greater Manchester
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Ashton Canal
The Ashton Canal is a canal in Greater Manchester, England, linking Manchester with Ashton-under-Lyne.
Route
The Ashton leaves the Rochdale Canal at Ducie St. Junction in central Manchester, and climbs for through 18 locks, passing thro ...
Scotland
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Ashton, Inverclyde
Gourock ( ; gd, Guireag ) is a town in the Inverclyde council area and formerly a burgh of the County of Renfrew in the west of Scotland. It was a seaside resort on the East shore of the upper Firth of Clyde. Its main function today is as a r ...
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Ashton Lane, Glasgow
United States
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Ashton, Georgia
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Ashton, Idaho
Ashton is a city in Fremont County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,127 at the 2010 census, and it is part of the Rexburg Micropolitan Statistical Area. The district is noted for seed potato production and bills itself as the world's ...
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Ashton, Illinois
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Ashton, Iowa
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Ashton, Kansas
Ashton is an unincorporated community in Walton Township, Sumner County, Kansas, United States. It is located about halfway between South Haven and Arkansas City at 1.75 miles north of the intersection of S Rock Rd and U.S. Route 166, which ...
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Ashton, Maryland
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Ashton, Michigan
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Ashton, Minnesota
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Ashton, Missouri
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Ashton, Nebraska
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Ashton, South Dakota
Ashton is a city in eastern Spink County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 108 at the 2020 census.
History
Ashton was founded in 1879, but it was moved and re platted on the current site in 1881 in order to be located on a new r ...
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Ashton, West Virginia
Ashton is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. Ashton is located on the Ohio River and West Virginia Route 2, south of Point Pleasant. Ashton has a post office
A post office is a public facility and ...
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Ashton, Wisconsin
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Ashton Corners, Wisconsin
Other uses
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Ashton Middle School, formerly Dunstable Grammar School, Dunstable
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Avro Ashton, a 1950s British experimental jet airliner
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Ashton Builders, a former UK home builder
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Ashton Music, a brand of mainly entry-level musical instruments and related equipment
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Ashton Cricket Club, Ashton-under-Lyne
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Ashton Sixth Form College
Ashton Sixth Form College (commonly referred to as ASFC) is an 'Outstanding' sixth form college in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. Founded in 1928 as Ashton-under-Lyne Grammar School, the college has an acceptance rate of 28% (2021).
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, Ashton-under-Lyne
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Ashton United F.C., Ashton-under-Lyne
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Ashton Observatory, an observatory within Ashton-Wildwood Park in Jasper County, Iowa
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Ashton (cigar), a brand of cigar established in 1985, manufactured by
Arturo Fuente
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Ashton (horse)
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The Ashton, a residential skyscraper in Austin, Texas, U.S.
See also
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Ashton-Tate, a software company
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Chez Ashton, a fast food restaurant chain in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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Ashton Gate (disambiguation) Ashton Gate is the name of:
* Ashton Gate, Bristol, a district of Bristol
* Ashton Gate Stadium, a football stadium located in Ashton Gate, Bristol, home to Bristol City FC and Bristol Rugby
*Ashton Gate railway station, a disused railway station l ...
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