Street Ashton

Street Ashton is a hamlet in the Borough of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is located near the towns of Rugby and Lutterworth. Street Ashton House dominates the hamlet - formerly a dower house for the Earls of Denbigh, the house is now on the market for 1.8 million pounds, following the closure of the Mater Ecclessie Convent, which occupied the house since 2007.There is a graveyard attached to the house where deceased sisters are buried .The hamlet is also located near the villages of Monks Kirby and Pailton. The hamlet is also on the historical Fosse Way road.

Street Ashton

Street Ashton. Farm buildings at B4112 crossroads with road that runs from Monks Kirby to Stretton Under Fosse.
Metropolitan borough
  • Rugby
Shire county
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom

The hamlet's name is Anglo-Saxon deriving from the personal name "Strudheard" or "Strodo" + "ton" (settlement). "Strudheard's ton" was later rephrased to Street Ashton, almost certainly because of the proximity of the Fosse Way and nearby Stretton-under-Fosse.[1]

The hamlet is served by buses which connect it to Coventry, Hinckley, Rugby and Hillmorton. The nearest active railway station is Rugby.

References

  1. Gover; Mawer, Stenton (1970). The Place Names of Warwickshire.


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