Ashton, Cornwall

Ashton is a village in the civil parish of Breage, west Cornwall, England, UK at . It is on the A394 Penzance – Helston road one mile north-east of Praa Sands.

A Mission Church designed by James Piers St Aubyn was dedicated by George Wilkinson (Bishop of Truro) on 11 March 1884. Costing between £600 and £700, it is built in the Gothic early-English style on a site donated by the Duke of Leeds. Ashton has a pub called the Lion and Lamb and in the past had a football team.

Ashton is also the name of places in the parishes of Poundstock, St Dominick and St Winnow. The meaning of Ashton is "ash-tree farm".

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Category:Villages in Cornwall
Category:Hamlets in Cornwall