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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashcombe like this:
ASHCOMBE, an estate in Cranborne Chase, Wilts; 5 miles SE of Shaftesbury. It belonged formerly to Lord Arundell, and belongs now to Mr. Grove. It comprises a romantic circular hollow, engirt with an amphitheatre of wooded hills, accessible only by a declivitous road; and has, in the centre, an isolated knoll, crowned by remains of an old mansion.
Ashcombe is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ashcombe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashcombe in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25542
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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