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Ashton

  • /ˈæʃtən/

Where it comes from

From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

proper noun Ashtons · Asheton

  1. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Bainton parish, City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1005).
  2. countable, uncountable A village in Breage parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6028).
  3. countable, uncountable A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3868).
  4. countable, uncountable A civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, which includes Lower Ashton and Higher Ashton
  5. countable, uncountable A settlement in Bishop's Waltham parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5419).
  6. countable, uncountable A village in Eye, Moreton and Ashton parish, north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5164).
  7. countable, uncountable A small village and civil parish near Oundle, North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0588).
  8. countable, uncountable A small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7649).
  9. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Chapel Allerton parish, Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4149).
  10. countable, uncountable Former name of Ashton Hayes, Cheshire, renamed by 2015.
  11. countable, uncountable A suburb of Gourock, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2377).
  12. countable, uncountable A ghost town in California.
  13. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Ben Hill County, Georgia.
  14. countable, uncountable A city in Fremont County, Idaho.
  15. countable, uncountable A village in Lee County, Illinois.
  16. countable, uncountable A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa.
  17. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
  18. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland.
  19. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Osceola County, Michigan.
  20. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Clark County, Missouri.
  21. countable, uncountable A village in Sherman County, Nebraska.
  22. countable, uncountable A minor city in Spink County, South Dakota.
  23. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.
  24. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in the town of Springfield, Dane County, Wisconsin.
  25. countable, uncountable A town in South Australia, Australia.
  26. countable, uncountable A rural locality in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
  27. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English derived from the place names.
  28. countable, uncountable A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: aston, vice-president, baroness, lyne, representative, warner, ashlynn, ashtyn, ashten, ashtin, ashley, ashlyn, ashford, ashfield, ashbury, ashville

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name villages in Cornwall

中文阿什頓 /阿什顿 Āshídùn

name surname

中文阿什頓 /阿什顿 Āshídùn

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MLA

"Ashton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ashton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Ashton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ashton

Chicago

"Ashton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ashton.

BibTeX
@misc{ashton_2026,
  title = {Ashton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ashton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}