Great Ashby is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in Stevenage in the
North Hertfordshire district, in the county of
Hertfordshire, England.
The name Great Ashby was coined in the 1990s to apply to an area of new housing development on the north-eastern edge of the urban area of
Stevenage. The development was partly within the borough of Stevenage and partly in the district of North Hertfordshire. A Great Ashby civil parish was created on 1 April 2011 covering the parts of Great Ashby which were within the parish of
Graveley in North Hertfordshire. The area of the parish was enlarged a year later on 1 April 2012 to also include an area from the parish of
Weston
Weston may refer to:
Places Australia
* Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Weston, New South Wales
* Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra
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Canada
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in North Hertfordshire. The council for the parish is called Great Ashby
Community Council
A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.
In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. In ...
.
In the 2011 census, the population of Great Ashby was 5,701.
References
External links
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Great Ashby OnlineGreat Ashby Community Church
Civil parishes in Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire District
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