Ashton, Devon

Higher Ashton
Cottages viewed from the graveyard of the church of St John the Baptist
Higher Ashton is located in Devon
Higher Ashton
Higher Ashton
Location within Devon
Population203 (2011 Census)
Civil parish
  • Ashton
District
  • Teignbridge
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townExeter
Postcode districtEX6
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°39′00″N 3°37′00″W / 50.65°N 3.616667°W / 50.65; -3.616667
Total population of Ashton civil parish, Devon, as reported by the Census of Population from 1801 to 2011.
Outside view of St John the Baptist's church
Historical map exert from 1809 Ordnance Survey map of Ashton

Ashton is a civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 174, and it had a population of 203 according to the 2011 census.[1] The parish consists of two villages, Higher Ashton and Lower Ashton, and is on the edge of the Dartmoor National Park. The France Brook flows through most of Ashton just south of its main road, and along Ashton's eastern boundary flows the River Teign. The parish is located approximately 13 km north of Newton Abbot, and roughly 10 km to the south west of its nearest city, Exeter.[2] Historically, Ashton has primarily been based inside the agricultural sector,[3] but one of its most notifiable landmarks is the St John the Baptists church located in the Higher Ashton district.[4]

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Ashton as:

"Ashton, par. with ry. sta., E. Devon, 4 miles N. of Chudleigh, 1709 ac., pop. 195."[5]

  1. ^ "Ashton (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Ashton CP/AP through time | Industry Statistics | Occupation data classified into the 24 1881 'Orders', plus sex". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Ashton/last=services,[email protected]/first=education, arts and libraries directorate - devon library and information/website=www.devon.gov.uk/language=en-gb/access-date=2016-03-22".
  5. ^ Bartholomew, John (1887). Gazetteer of the British Isles (1st ed.). Edinburgh: Bartholomew.