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Ashton, Devon

Historical Description

Ashton, a parish in Devon, adjoining the river Teign, 4 miles N of Chudleigh, with a station on the Teign Valley branch of the G.W.R. Post town, Chudleigh under Newton Abbot. Acreage, 2182; population of the civil parish, 209; of the ecclesiastical, 194. The Chudleighs were proprietors for several hundred years; and their mansion, some remains of which still exist, was garrisoned for King Charles I., and taken by the Parliamentarians. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £270. The church is a small ancient edifice, with square turreted tower. By a Local Government order in 1884, Middle Bramble and Lower Bramble were amalgamated with the parish.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyDevon 
Ecclesiastical parishAshton St. John the Baptist 
HundredExminster 
Poor Law unionSt. Thomas 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in association with the South West Heritage Trust, Parochial Church Council, and Devon Family History Society have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Ashton


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ashton from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Ashton are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Devon online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1564, with additions from the earlier visitation of 1531, is online.

The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, with additions by Lieutant-Colonel J.L. Vivian, published for the author by Henry S. Eland, Exeter 1895 is online.

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