Ashton is a hamlet and former
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, now in the parish of
Bainton, in the
Peterborough
Peterborough ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is north of London, on the River Nene. A ...
district, in the ceremonial county of
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfor ...
, England. In 1881 the parish had a population of 106.
History
Ashton was formerly in the parish of
Ufford, from 1866 Ashton was a civil parish in its own right, on 24 March 1887 the parish was abolished and merged with Bainton.
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Hamlets in Cambridgeshire
Former civil parishes in Cambridgeshire
Geography of Peterborough
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