Ashton is a village and civil parish about ¾ mile east of Oundle in the east of the English county of Northamptonshire forming part of the unitary authority of North Northamptonshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 219.[1]
| Ashton | |
|---|---|
 The Village Green at Ashton | |
.svg)  Ashton Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 219 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TL0588 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PETERBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | PE8 |
| Dialling code | 01832 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
History
editThe villages name means 'ash-tree farm/settlement'.[2]
Ashton was re-built[3] in 1900 by the Rothschild family for estate workers.
The village is the birthplace of Miriam Rothschild, natural scientist and author.[4]
In 1952 George and Lillian Peach were murdered at their home in the village. The crime remains Northamptonshire's oldest unsolved murder case.[5]
The World Conker Championships was founded at Ashton in 1965 when a group of anglers held a conker contest at the Chequered Skipper pub when the weather was too bad to go fishing.[6] The event was held in Ashton for 45 years before moving to a larger venue in Southwick, Northamptonshire in 2009.[7]
Notable buildings
editAshton Wold house was built in 1900 for Charles Rothschild[3] (d. 1923). The architect was William Huckvale and the house is in the Tudor style.
Many of the cottages in the village date from 1900–01 and were designed by Huckvale. Two more cottages were added in 1945 in the same style; Pevsner[3] refers to Ashton as a model village. The cottages are Tudor style and thatched. Almost all of the buildings the village are Grade II or II* listed.
The Creed Chapel (or the Chapel of St Mary Magdalene) and adjacent school room date from circa 1705 and is Grade II listed.[8] The manor house is from the 15th century.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ a b c d Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 94–5. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
- ^ "Dame Miriam Rothschild". The Guardian Newspaper. 22 January 2005.
- ^ "Northamptonshire's oldest unsolved murder". The Northamptonshire Telegraph.
- ^ "Enough nuts for conker champions". BBC. 2006.
- ^ "FAQ". World Conker Championships. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Ashton Chapel and attached School Room and School House (Grade II) (1371948)". National Heritage List for England.
External links
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- Listed Buildings in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England from British Listed Buildings website
- A short history of Ashton and the Rothschild Family from the Estate website
- Details of the World Conker Championship organised by Ashton Conker Club
- A short history of the village and the pub from the Chequered Skipper website
- Ashton in the Domesday Book
- The Parish Church of Oundle with Ashton