Ashton, Herefordshire

Ashton is a village in the Eye, Moreton and Ashton civil parish of Herefordshire, England, and is 3 miles (5 km) north from Leominster, 15 miles (24 km) north from the city and county town of Hereford, and in the catchment area of the River Lugg. The village is on the A49 road; to the north is Brimfield. Bordering the village to the south-west is Berrington Hall.

For other places with the same name, see Ashton.

Ashton

The A49 in Ashton
Ashton
Location within Herefordshire
OS grid referenceSO5164
Civil parish
Unitary authority
  • Herefordshire
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Recorded in the Domesday Book, Ashton was in the hundred of Leominster.[1] In the National Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland of 1868 it was listed as in the hundred of Wolphy.[2]

References
  1. Ashton in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. "EYE, Herefordshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868". GENUKI. Retrieved 2 June 2012.


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