Ashbourne (Ashbourne)
Ashbourne is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales district in Derbyshire, England. Its population was measured at 8,377 in the 2011 census and was estimated to have grown to 9,163 by 2019. It has many historical buildings and independent shops. The town offers a historic annual Shrovetide football match. Its position near the southern edge of the Peak District makes it the closest town to Dovedale, to which Ashbourne is sometimes referred to as the gateway.
The town is 14 mi west of Derby, 21 mi south-east of Buxton, 22 mi east of Stoke-on-Trent, 49 mi south-south-east of Manchester, 35 mi south-west of Sheffield and 27 mi north of Lichfield. Nearby towns include Matlock, Uttoxeter, Leek, Cheadle and Bakewell.
The town's name derives from the Old English æsc-burna meaning "stream with ash trees".
Ashbourne was granted a market charter in 1257. In medieval times it was a frequent rest stop for pilgrims walking "St Non's Way" to the shrine of Saint Fremund at Dunstable in Bedfordshire.
The forces of Charles Edward Stuart passed through Ashbourne during the Jacobite rising of 1745.
The town is 14 mi west of Derby, 21 mi south-east of Buxton, 22 mi east of Stoke-on-Trent, 49 mi south-south-east of Manchester, 35 mi south-west of Sheffield and 27 mi north of Lichfield. Nearby towns include Matlock, Uttoxeter, Leek, Cheadle and Bakewell.
The town's name derives from the Old English æsc-burna meaning "stream with ash trees".
Ashbourne was granted a market charter in 1257. In medieval times it was a frequent rest stop for pilgrims walking "St Non's Way" to the shrine of Saint Fremund at Dunstable in Bedfordshire.
The forces of Charles Edward Stuart passed through Ashbourne during the Jacobite rising of 1745.
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