Ashton

• (surname): Asheton

From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃtən/
• (US) enPR: ăsh'tən

Ashton

1. A common place name in England:
   1. A hamlet in Bainton parish, City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1005).
   2. A village in Breage parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6028).
   3. A hamlet near St Dominick, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3868). [1]
   4. A village in Eye, Moreton and Ashton parish, north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5164).
   5. A small village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP7649).
2. A habitational surname from Old English derived from the place names.
3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
4. A town in South Australia, Australia.
5. A rural locality in South Canterbury, New Zealand. [2]
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A ghost town in California.
   2. A city in Idaho.
   3. A village in Illinois.
   4. A city and town in Iowa.
   5. A village in Nebraska.
   6. A city and town in South Dakota.

• U. S. Census Bureau genealogy name search based on 1990 census indicates 0.005% of population had the name "Ashton" as a surname, none had it as a male name, and 0.004% had it as a female given name.
• Pareles, J. (2003, August 12). ROCK REVIEW; Still Wildly Gyrating After All These Years. New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2006.

• New York Times
• U.S. Census Bureau

• Haston, shanto, shat on