Ashton

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Ashton is a hamlet in Northamptonshire

Parish/Community: Ashton
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°8'18"N 0°53'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 476500, 249500
OS Grid: SP765495
Mapcode Local: GBR BXF.Z9Q
Mapcode Global: VHDSK.MHQZ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ashton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ashton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ashton, par., in co. and 7 miles S. of Northampton, 2 miles SE. of Roade ry. sta., 1290 ac., pop. 324; P.O.

Ashton in the Domesday Book

A village in Cleyley hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene of Hanslope
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Winemar of Flanders
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Dodin of Cottesbrooke (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 12 shillings in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 6 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene of Hanslope
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Winemar of Flanders
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bondi the constable (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder

British Place Names

Ashton, Northamptonshire

Ashton is a hamlet in Northamptonshire

Ashton in historic gazetteers

Ashton in the Domesday Book