West Ashton

West Ashton

infobox UK place
country=England
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static_image_caption=Church of St. John the Evangelist
latitude=51.31
longitude=-02.18
official_name=West Ashton
population=359 (as of 2001)
shire_district=
shire_county=Wiltshire
metropolitan_borough=
metropolitan_county=
region=South West England
constituency_westminster=
post_town=TROWBRIDGE
postcode_district=BA14
postcode_area=BA
dial_code=
os_grid_reference=ST8755

West Ashton is a small village in Wiltshire, England. It is located two miles south of Trowbridge; more precisely, it lies along the A350 road between Melksham and Yarnbrook bypassing Trowbridge.

It contains the hamlets of East Town and Rood Ashton in its parish boundary. Rood Ashton House was a country house that was destroyed in stages in the 20th century. Another building of interest is the parish church, St Johns, which contains the family crypt of the Long family,visible in the bottom right of the image,formerly the owners of Rood Ashton House.


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