Ashton () is a village in the civil parish of
Breage, west
Cornwall
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, England, UK at . It is on the A394
Penzance
Penzance ( ; ) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the westernmost major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated in the ...
–
Helston
Helston () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the The Lizard, Lizard Peninsula approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth.Ordnance Survey: ...
road one mile north-east of
Praa Sands
Praa Sands ( ; , meaning ''pool of the wrasse''), (formerly Prah Sands) is a white-sand beach and coastal village in civil parish of Breage, in Cornwall, England. It lies off the A394 road between Helston and Penzance. Formerly serving the lo ...
.
A Mission Church designed by
James Piers St Aubyn
James Piers St Aubyn (6 April 1815 – 8 May 1895), often referred to as J P St Aubyn, was an English architect of the Victorian era, known for his church architecture and confident Victorian restoration, restorations.
Early life
St Aubyn was ...
was dedicated by
George Wilkinson (
Bishop of Truro
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) on 11 March 1884. Costing between £600 and £700, it is built in the
Gothic early-English style on a site donated by the
Duke of Leeds
Duke of Leeds was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1694 for the prominent statesman Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen, who had been one of the Immortal Seven in the Revolution of 1688. He had already succeeded ...
. Ashton has a pub called the Lion and Lamb and in the past had a football team.
Ashton is also the name of places in the parishes of
Poundstock,
St Dominick and
St Winnow
St Winnow () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its name may be connected with either that of Saint Winnoc or Saint Winwaloe. It has a population of 304, which had increased to 328 at the 2011 ...
. The meaning of Ashton is "ash-tree farm".
References
Villages in Cornwall
Breage, Cornwall
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