Long Ashton, Somerset : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Long Ashton. You may be able to find further references to Long Ashton in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Ashton, Long parish Bartholomew
ASHTON (Long) a parish and a subdistrict Imperial
Long Ashton Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Long Ashton.

Place Type of entry Source
Ashton Court seat Bartholomew
ASHTON-COURT the seat Imperial
Bower Ashton hamlet Bartholomew
BOWER-ASHTON a hamlet Imperial
KINGCOTT a hamlet Imperial
PROVIDENCE a hamlet Imperial
ROWNHAM a hamlet Imperial
YANLEY a hamlet Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Bower Ashton 0 2
Hartcliffe 0 2
Leigh Woods 0 1
Barrow Gurney 0 2
Clifton 0 2
Bishopsworth 0 2
Abbots Leigh 0 2
Flax Bourton 0 4
Woodspring 0 1
Bedminster 2 2
Dundry 0 2
Wraxall 3 2
Tyndalls Park 0 1
Sea Mills 0 2
Felton 0 2
Kingsdown 0 1
Backwell 0 2
Bristol 291 7
Stoke Bishop 0 2
Redland 0 1

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Long Ashton. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
ASHTON John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ASHTON LONG John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
LONG ASHTON John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.