Ashingdon is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Rochford and is 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Chelmsford. The village lies within Rochford District and the parliamentary constituency of Rayleigh.
Ashingdon has a Parish Council.[2]
It is a rural parish, one of 14 parishes in Rochford District.
The Parish is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Rochford, and continues to the bank of the tidal River Crouch; the Parish includes the villages of Ashingdon and South Fambridge. Parts of Ashingdon Parish are within the village community of Hockley, and the northeast part of Hawkwell Parish is within the Ashingdon village community; they face each other along the length of Ashingdon Road, a Roman Road that is still used to this day.
Ashingdon and South Fambridge have been in existence for more than one thousand years and both appear in the Domesday Book of 1086, along with the Manor of Beckney within Ashingdon Parish.
According to the 2001 census, updated in 2004, the parish had 1222 dwellings and a population of 3165,[3] increasing to 3,634 at the 2011 census.[1]
^ ab"Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 September 2015.
^"Ashingdon Parish Council". essexinfo.net. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
^"Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
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their ships, leading to the Battle of Assandun – fought more probably at Ashingdon, in south-east, or Ashdon, in north-west Essex. In the ensuing struggle...
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towards their ships, leading to the Battle of Assandun, fought at either Ashingdon, in south-east, or Ashdon, in north-west Essex. In the ensuing struggle...
died. Stigand served King Cnut as a chaplain at a royal foundation at Ashingdon in 1020, and as an advisor then and later. He continued in his role of...
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Hunting Dogs". The town runs into suburban developments in the parishes of Ashingdon and Hawkwell. Kings Hill, in Rochford, was notable for containing the...
community founded 1020 by Canute; usually identified as Ashingdon, but also Hadstock Ashingdon Minster?; possibly Hadstock Minster (Ashdon beside Hadstock)...
the ealdorman of East Anglia from 1004 to his death at the Battle of Ashingdon in 1016, although he is not called an ealdorman in any of the charters...
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sometimes claimed, from Canute the Great, who fought at the Battle of Ashingdon nearby in 1016 against the English King Edmund II. A number of sites in...
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Hockley & Ashingdon Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Terry Cutmore 795 48.2 21.4 Rochford Resident David Miles 711 43.1 New Labour Stephen Willis...
Ashingdon Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats A. Hosking 434 49.0 Conservative L. Phillips 318 35.9 Labour C. Stephenson 133 15.0 Majority 13...
Ashingdon and Canewdon Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Terence Cutmore 714 56.5 +3.3 Green Andrew Vaughan 384 30.4 +16.6 Labour John Dickson 166...
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