Ashton, Cornwall

Ashton is a village in the civil parish of Breage, west Cornwall, England, UK at OS grid ref SW604286. It is on the A394 Penzance – Helston road one mile north-east of Praa Sands.[1]

The Lion and Lamb public house, Ashton, Breage

A Mission Church designed by James Piers St Aubyn was dedicated by George Wilkinson (Bishop of Truro) 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.[2] 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. The meaning of Ashton is "ash-tree farm".[3]

References
  1. OS Explorer. Land's End (Map). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9 780319 243046.
  2. "Opening Of A Mission-Church At Ashton, Breage". The Cornishman (296). 13 March 1884. p. 8.
  3. Weatherhill, Craig (2009). A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, County Mayo: Evertype. p. 19. ISBN 9781904808220.


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