- Ashprington
infobox UK place
country = England
static_
static_image_caption=pub sign
latitude= 50.40
longitude=-03.67
official_name =Ashprington
population =
shire_district=
shire_county=Devon
metropolitan_borough=
metropolitan_county =
region=South West England
constituency_westminster=
post_town= TOTNES
postcode_district = TQ9
postcode_area= TQ
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SX8157Ashprington is a village and
civil parish in theSouth Hams district ofDevon ,England . According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 428. The village is not far from theRiver Dart , and is about three miles south ofTotnes .There is a local pub and hotel. Sharpham Barton is within the Parish and includes Sharpham Vineyard which produces good quality wines.
Ashprington (AISBERTONE) is mentioned in the
Domesday Book with four servants, seven villagers and eight smallholders, a total of 19 people.The church is fifteenth century, although the
font is Norman. There are many carvings within. The communion chalice is pre-Reformation.
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