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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashton like this:
ASHTON, a hamlet in Oundle parish, Northampton; near the Peterborough railway and the Nen river, 1 mile E of Oundle. Real property, £1,984. Pop., 177. Houses, 39.
Ashton is now part of NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ashton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashton, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7540
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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