Ashton Name Meaning: Originates from the Anglo-Saxon word 'aesctun', 'aesc'(meaning ash)and 'tun (meaning town).
A surname which may have been given to someone who lived or came from a town with ash trees growing in it. May have also been taken from a placed named Ashton.
Discover how your Ashton ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 25 |
Berkshire | 40 |
Cambridgeshire | 25 |
Channel Islands | 5 |
Cheshire | 795 |
Cornwall | 50 |
Cumberland | 14 |
Derbyshire | 388 |
Devon | 291 |
Dorset | 6 |
Durham | 193 |
Essex | 205 |
Gloucestershire | 75 |
Hampshire | 98 |
Herefordshire | 1 |
Hertfordshire | 37 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 45 |
Isle of Man | 3 |
Kent | 183 |
Lancashire | 7,159 |
Leicestershire | 131 |
Lincolnshire | 384 |
London | 1,067 |
Middlesex | 132 |
Northumberland | 78 |
Norfolk | 33 |
Northamptonshire | 112 |
Nottinghamshire | 226 |
Oxfordshire | 50 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 45 |
Shropshire | 33 |
Suffolk | 34 |
Somerset | 79 |
Surrey | 100 |
Sussex | 48 |
Staffordshire | 260 |
Warwickshire | 222 |
Westmorland | 1 |
Wiltshire | 33 |
Worcestershire | 36 |
Yorkshire | 1,956 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 9 |
Cardiganshire | 3 |
Carnarvonshire | 7 |
Carmarthenshire | 8 |
Denbighshire | 11 |
Flintshire | 5 |
Glamorgan | 260 |
Merionethshire | 19 |
Montgomeryshire | 151 |
Monmouthshire | 112 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 2 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 2,351 |
Cotton Weaver | 500 |
Coal Miner | 293 |
General Labourer | 189 |
Living On Own Means | 124 |
Cotton Spinner | 112 |
Domestic Servant | 110 |
Dress Maker | 107 |
Agricultural Labourer | 97 |
Farmer | 97 |
Labourer | 94 |
Living On Her Own Means | 82 |
Cotton Winder | 71 |
Cotton Operative | 68 |
House Keeper | 64 |
General Servant | 61 |
General Servant Domestic | 60 |
Carter | 59 |
Grocer | 50 |
Clerk | 50 |
Laundress | 50 |
Farm Labourer | 43 |
Cotton Piecer | 43 |
Gardener | 38 |
Joiner | 38 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Ashton | 7,758 |
John Ashton | 7,302 |
William Ashton | 6,459 |
Elizabeth Ashton | 4,761 |
Thomas Ashton | 4,606 |
James Ashton | 4,226 |
Sarah Ashton | 3,968 |
George Ashton | 2,939 |
Ann Ashton | 2,837 |
Joseph Ashton | 2,673 |
Jane Ashton | 2,169 |
Alice Ashton | 1,952 |
Ellen Ashton | 1,933 |
Margaret Ashton | 1,766 |
Henry Ashton | 1,731 |
Richard Ashton | 1,647 |
Hannah Ashton | 1,618 |
Samuel Ashton | 1,517 |
Annie Ashton | 1,403 |
Charles Ashton | 1,341 |
Robert Ashton | 1,305 |
Martha Ashton | 1,256 |
Edward Ashton | 1,238 |
Eliza Ashton | 1,144 |
Emma Ashton | 1,132 |