Ashton, Oundle
| Ashton | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 The Village Green at Ashton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL055882 |
| Location: | 52°28’55"N, 0°26’51"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 219 (2011) |
| Post town: | Peterborough |
| Postcode: | PE8 |
| Dialling code: | 01832 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Northamptonshire |
Ashton is a village in Northamptonshire, three-quarters of a mile east of Oundle. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 219.
The village's name means 'ash-tree farm/settlement'.[1]
History
Ashton was re-built[2] in 1900 by the Rothschild family for estate workers.
The village is the birthplace of Dame Miriam Rothschild a noted natural scientist and author.[3]
In 1952 George and Lillian Peach were murdered at their home in the village. The crime remains Northamptonshire's oldest unsolved murder case.[4]
About the village
From 1965m Ashton hosted the World Conker Championship traditionally on the second Sunday of October. This is now held in Southwick.
Ashton Wold was built in 1900 for Charles Rothschild[2] (d. 1923, suicide). The architect was William Huckvale and the house is in the Tudor style.
Many of the cottages in the village date from 1900–01 and were designed by Huckvale. Two more cottages were added in 1945 in the same style; Pevsner[2] refers to Ashton as a model village. The cottages are Tudor style and thatched. Almost all of the buildings the village are Grade II or II* listed.
The Creed Chapel and adjacent school building date from 1705, the manor house from the 15th century.[2]
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Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ashton, Oundle) |
- Details of the World Conker Championship organised by Ashton Conker Club
- A short history of the village and the pub from the Chequered Skipper
- Ashton, Oundle in the Domesday Book
- The Parish Church of Oundle with Ashton
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3
- ↑ "Dame Miriam Rothschild". 22 January 2005. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/22/guardianobituaries.obituaries.
- ↑ "Northamptonshire's oldest unsolved murder". https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/northamptonshire-s-oldest-unsolved-murder-1-4409522.