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Ashton
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Asheton
Etymology
From en ang æsc ash (tree species) + ang tūn enclosure, settlement.
Pronunciation
en /ˈæʃtən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ashton.wav Southern England
ăsh'tən US
Proper noun
~
A common placename in England:
en hamlet par/Bainton City of uauth/Peterborough co/Cambridgeshire OS grid ref TF1005.
en village par/Breage south-west co/Cornwall OS grid ref SW6028.
en hamlet par/St Dominick east co/Cornwall OS grid ref SX3868. OS: Cornwall
en cpar in dist/Teignbridge co/Devon which includes x/Lower Ashton and x/Higher Ashton Parish map (Devon)
en settlement par/Bishop's Waltham dist/Winchester co/Hampshire OS grid ref SU5419.
en village par/Eye, Moreton and Ashton north co/Herefordshire OS grid ref SO5164.
en small village/and/cpar near x/Oundle x/North Northamptonshire co/Northamptonshire previously in dist/East Northamptonshire OS grid ref TL0588. Parish map (North Northamptonshire)
en small village/and/cpar in x/West Northamptonshire co/Northamptonshire previously in dist/South Northamptonshire OS grid ref SP7649. Parish map (West Northamptonshire)
en hamlet par/Chapel Allerton co/Somerset previously in dist/Sedgemoor OS grid ref ST4149.
en Ashton Hayes, Cheshire, renamed by 2015.
en suburb x/Gourock carea/Inverclyde cc/Scotland OS grid ref NS2377.
en number of places c/USA:
en ghost town s/California.
en ucomm co/Ben Hill County s/Georgia.
en city co/Fremont County s/Idaho.
en village co/Lee County s/Illinois.
en minor city co/Osceola County s/Iowa.
en ucomm co/Sumner County s/Kansas.
en ucomm co/Montgomery County s/Maryland.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Lincoln co/Osceola County s/Michigan.
en ucomm co/Clark County s/Missouri.
en village co/Sherman County s/Nebraska.
en minor city co/Spink County s/South Dakota.
en ucomm co/Mason County s/West Virginia.
en ucomm town:pref/Springfield co/Dane County s/Wisconsin.
en town s/South Australia c/Australia.
en rural locality in South r/Canterbury c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en habitational Old English derived from the place names.
en unisex surnames.
Derived terms
en Ashton Gate Ashton Hayes Ashton Keynes Ashton Moss Ashton under Hill Ashton upon Mersey Ashton Vale Ashton-in-Makerfield Ashton-on-Ribble Ashton-under-Lyne Ashtonian Bower Ashton Cold Ashton Eye, Moreton and Ashton Kashton Long Ashton
Translations
surname
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿什頓 Āshídùn
Marathi: mr अॅशटन
Persian: fa اشتون ašton
villages in Cornwall
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿什頓 Āshídùn
Cornish: kw Trevonnen
Marathi: mr अॅशटन
References
U. S. Census Bureau genealogy name search based on 1990 census indicates 0.005% of population had the name "Ashton" as a surname, none had it as a male name, and 0.004% had it as a female given name.
Pareles, J. (2003, August 12). ROCK REVIEW; Still Wildly Gyrating After All These Years. New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2006.
Further reading
New York Times
U.S. Census Bureau
Anagrams
en ahnost Haston shanto shat on