Ashbury, Devon

Ashbury
St Mary's church
Ashbury is located in Devon
Ashbury
Ashbury
Location within Devon
Population65 
OS grid referenceSX5098
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°46′N 4°07′W / 50.76°N 04.12°W / 50.76; -04.12

Ashbury is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Northlew, in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Hatherleigh. Its population is 65.

The Church of England church in Ashbury is dedicated to St Mary. In 1912 a William Dennis, born in the village in 1886, died in the Titanic disaster.[1] Ashbury & Northlew Golf Club (now defunct) was in existence during the 1920s (and possibly 1930s).[2]

  1. ^ "William Dennis : Titanic Victim". Encyclopedia Titanica.
  2. ^ “Ashbury & Northlew Golf Club”, “Golf’s Missing Links”.