Ashton, Cornwall

Ashton is a village in the civil parish of Breage, west Cornwall, England, UK at. It is on the A394 Penzance – Helston road one mile north-east of Praa Sands.
A Mission Church designed by James [Piers St Aubyn] was dedicated by George [Wilkinson (bishop)|George Wilkinson] on 11 March 1884. Costing between £600 and £700, it is built in the Gothic [Revival architecture|Gothic early-English style] on a site donated by the Duke of Leeds. Ashton has a pub called the Lion and Lamb and in the past had a football team.
Ashton is also the name of places in the parishes of Poundstock, St [Dominic, Cornwall|St Dominick] and St Winnow. The meaning of Ashton is "ash-tree farm".