ASHTON HALL, a seat in the township of Ashton with-Stodday, Lancashire; between the Preston and Lan caster railway and the estuary of the Lune, 2¾ miles S of Lancaster. It belonged to the Lawrences; passed, by marriage, to the Dukes of Hamilton; and is now the residence of Le Gendre N. Starkie, Esq. The mansion is a large edifice, with square embattled towers. The park is finely wooded, and commands charming views over Morecambe bay.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))