Ashbury, Oxfordshire, SN6 8JX

Date of visit: 22nd Dec 2021

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ashbury is a village and large civil parish at the upper end (west) of the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The village is centred 7 miles (11 km) east of Swindon in neighbouring Wiltshire.

The earliest known record of Ashbury is from 840, when King Æthelwulf of Wessex granted land at Aisshedoune to his minister Duda. In subsequent charters the toponym evolved as Æcesbyrig in 856, Aysshedoune in 947, Æcesburuh in 953 and 960 and Eissesberie in the 11th century. After 953 the manor of Ashbury was granted to Glastonbury Abbey, which then held it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539.

Internal ref number: ON/174/002

Date of Visit: 22nd Dec 2021

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: D
Crown: Tudor
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Book
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Northing & Westing: 51°33’46.3″N, 1°37’18.2″W
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Grid Reference: SU 26318 84955
OS X & Y: 184955, 426318
Latitude & Longitude: 51.562864, -1.621727
UK Postcode: SN6 8JX
County: Oxfordshire


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