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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashington like this:
ASHINGTON and SHEEPWASH, a township in Bothal parish, Northumberland; on the river Wansbeck, 3¼ miles E of Morpeth. Acres, 688. Pop., 76. Houses, 13.
Ashington is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ashington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashington in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/496
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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