Ashton - Definition and Overview

Ashton is the name of several places:

• Ashton Creek, British Columbia, Canada
• Ashton, Ontario, Canada
• Ashton Station, Ontario, Canada
• Ashton, Prince Edward Island, Canada

• Ashton, South Africa

• Ashton, Idaho, USA
• Ashton, Illinois, USA
• Ashton, Maryland, USA
• Ashton, Nebraska, USA
• Ashton, South Dakota, USA

• Ashton-in-Makerfield, England (originally named Ashton-in-the-Willows)
• Ashton-under-Lyne, England
• Ashton, Cheshire, England
• Ashton-under-hill, England

See also places named Aston, and the American actor named Ashton Kutcher

There was also a software company named Ashton-Tate and a cricket club known as Ashton Cricket Club