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13 unusual facts about Ashford


Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen

Knatchbull-Hugessen was born in Ashford, Kent, England on 5 July 1891, the son of Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne and Ethel Mary Walker, daughter of Sir George Gustavus Walker.

Ashford, Connecticut

Ashford is also home to several lakes and ponds, notably Knowlton Pond, Rychlings Pond, Halls Pond, Poole Pond, Ashford Lake, Lake Chaffee, and Morey Pond.

Clay Dreslough (1970-) Game designer and creator of the Baseball Mogul series of products.

Ashford, County Wicklow

The gardens were previously owned and operated by Madelaine Jay and the Jay family, but recently the gardens and shopping courtyard were leased to the Avoca Handweavers company, which originated in Avoca, County Wicklow, and which has been owned and operated by the Pratt family for many generations.

Ashford, New York

West Valley Reprocessing Plant – A Department of Energy nuclear processing station.

Ashford, North Devon

This Ashford has a different origin to other place-names called Ashford, the origin being "ash-tree enclosure" Old English æsc "ash tree" and worō / worth "enclosure".

Benjamin Edes

She was the great great granddaughter of Dr. Comfort Starr of Boston, a founder of Harvard College and a surgeon who emigrated from Ashford, Kent, England.

Buddleja davidii 'Florence'

Buddleja davidii 'Florence' is a variegated cultivar introduced and registered by the Stone Green Nursery, Bethersden, Ashford, UK.

Buddleja davidii 'Sir John'

Buddleja davidii 'Sir John' is a variegated cultivar introduced and registered by the Stone Green Nursery, Bethersden, Ashford, UK.

Fergus and Judith Wilson

As of 2013, they own nearly 1,000 two- and three-bedroom properties around Ashford and Maidstone in Kent.

Jeanne de Casalis

Her second husband, whom she married around 1938, was RAF Wing Commander Cowan Douglas Stephenson; they lived at Hunger Hatch near Ashford, Kent.

John Dugmore of Swaffham

In 1820, Dugmore accompanied in the Grand Tour a son of Charles Keppel, perhaps George Thomas (1799-1891), later 6th Earl of Albermarle, Viscount of Bury and Baron of Ashford, who made a brilliant military career (started at Waterloo) as well as was a memorialist, a distinguished collector and a member of the English Society of Antiquaires.

Leaderboard Golf Ltd

Leaderboard Golf Ltd is a company that owns four renowned Golf Clubs in South East England, including The Oxfordshire Golf Club near Oxford, Sandford Springs Golf Club near Basingstoke and Newbury, Dale Hill Hotel and Golf Club near Tonbridge and Royal Tunbridge Wells and Chart Hills Golf Club near Ashford in Kent.


2011 Soul Train Music Awards

:Record of the Year (Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award): Marsha Ambrosius, "Far Away"

Annaleigh Ashford

However, even following a national television broadcast on America's Got Talent, it was announced that Ashford and her colleague Michael Longoria were no longer in the cast of the show.

Ashford Airport

Lympne Airport, known as Ashford-Lympne Airport from Easter 1968 until its closure in the mid-1970s.

Ashford Police Training Centre

Ashford PTC and the other remaining regional training centres, Aykley Heads in Durham, Bruche in Warrington, Cwmbran in Wales, Ryton in Ryton-on-Dunsmore and Shotley in Ipswich were closed.

Brake Bros

In addition to the Head Office in Enterprise Park, Ashford, and the Group Head Office in Covent Garden, London, the group has offices and distribution depots around the UK and France, including separate head offices for each division.

Brenzett

The parish church is dedicated to St Eanswythe and is located on the road to Brenzett Green, a remnant of the original A2070 to Hamstreet and Ashford which was rebuilt entirely in the 1990s.

British Rail Class 201

The British Rail Class 201 (or 6S) six-car diesel-electric multiple units (DEMUs) were built in 1957-1958 at Eastleigh and Ashford.

British Rail Class 202

The British Rail Class 202 (or 6L) diesel-electric multiple units were built from 1957-58 at Eastleigh and Ashford Works.

Clarence Park

Clarence Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia and part of the electoral district of Ashford

Cross In Hand

Neil Thomas (Ashford, Kent) won all three Stock Car races that day with Trevor Carpenter winning one of the Superstox heats and Del Stickings winning the final.

Eaton, Ohio

Jane LeCompte - Novelist who has written over 20 Romance novels under the name Jane Ashford

Electoral district of Unley

Despite a Labor landslide, David Pisoni narrowly won despite a challenge from Labor's Michael Keenan, Unley's mayor, which could be due to the recent redistribution which saw the electorate take in more of the east in Bragg and less of the west in Ashford.

Emmett Ashford

In 1971, Ashford was hired by commissioner Bowie Kuhn as a public relations adviser, in which Ashford spoke and held clinics on the west coast, and at places as far away as Korea.

Henry John Clements

# Catharine, born 3 February 1822 at Ashford Lodge, died 18 September 1830 at Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées, France.

Ian McGregor

Ashford Festival Radio’s presenting team included Paul Stevens (ex Invicta FM) on breakfast, Peter Craske (now a politician) on mornings, John Hines (now with Manx Radio, Isle of Man) hosting afternoons, Ian McGregor (station manager) on Drive and Phill Thorne (AHBS) on late nights.

J. A. Fair Systems Magnet High School

The school placed 11 players on the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's All Metro team following the victory led by Dameon Ashford, Tye Forte, Faquan Harris, and future NFL player Cedric Cobbs.

Jack Ashford

His definitive performance is on "War" by Edwin Starr; other notable songs Ashford played tambourine on include "Nowhere to Run" by Martha & the Vandellas, "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye, and "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston.

Jack Deveraux

During Ashford's absence, the role of Jack was played by Mark Valley from October 28, 1994 until September 26, 1997, and by Steve Wilder from September 26, 1997 through June 5, 1998.

John Cutt

He was married to Hannah Starr, daughter of Dr. Comfort Starr of Boston, a founder of Harvard College and a surgeon who emigrated from Ashford, Kent, England.

Kennington, Kent

Since the county still operates a grammar school system, those who pass the Kent Test (which replaced the 11+) are given the opportunity to attend the grammar school in Ashford, The Norton Knatchbull School or Highworth Grammar School

Killeedy

In 1916, Thomas Shaughnessy was created the 1st Baron Shaughnessy of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford (in Killeedy) in the County of Limerick.

Krazy House

Ottawa Citizen television critic Keith Ashford, reviewing the first episode to be broadcast on January 12, blasted the series as "unfunny, uninteresting and shamelessly derivative", noting that a sketch featuring marital counselling was taken from a Monty Python routine.

New Ashford, Massachusetts

Beginning in 1916, New Ashford had the distinction of casting the first vote in presidential elections, the way Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, does today.

On the state level, New Ashford is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as part of the Second Berkshire district, represented by Paul Mark, which covers central Berkshire County, as well as portions of Hampshire and Franklin Counties.

Rosalind Ashford

Rosalind "Roz" Ashford-Holmes (born September 2, 1943) is an American Soprano R&B and soul singer, famed for her work as an original member of the popular Motown singing group Martha and the Vandellas.

Rother

The major trunk road is the A21, London to Hastings road; it is joined by the A28 road from Ashford road near Hastings; which in turn is crossed by the A268 Hawkhurst to Rye road.

Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet

Sir Jack Wolfred Ashford Harris, 2nd Baronet (23 July 1906 – 26 August 2009) was a New Zealand businessman, and the second baronet of the Harris Baronetcy of Bethnal Green, County of London which was created for his father Sir Percy Harris (1876-1952) in 1932.

Slough Council election, 2007

Dominic James Ashford was nominated as an Independent candidate, but withdrew before the poll, claiming that he had drawn attention to Slough Town Football Club.

Spelthorne

Spelthorne has three football clubs: Ashford Town (Middlesex) F.C, who are based at the Robert Parker Stadium in Short Lane, Stanwell; Spelthorne Sports F.C. who play at Spelthorne Sports Club, Ashford and Staines Town F.C. who play at Wheatsheaf Park.

St David's School, Middlesex

During World War II the school was evacuated to the Powis Castle estate in Montgomeryshire, but returned to its Ashford site in 1946.

Stuff Like That

This time vocals were provided by Ashford & Simpson, Khan, Brandy, Charlie Wilson and Ray Charles while Greg Phillinganes was playing keyboards.

Transport in Ashford, Kent

With the introduction of domestic train services along High Speed 1 between St Pancras railway station, Stratford International station in east London and Ashford, it is expected to pull the outer limits of the London commuter belt to the town and beyond, as travel time from Ashford to London is reduced from 83 to about 37 minutes.

There is a small airfield located at Headcorn (17 miles (27 km) by road, but only 13 minutes on the main Ashford to London railway) west of Ashford) at which there is an aviation museum and a parachuting centre.

William Deedes

Bill Deedes, British journalist and Conservative MP for Ashford 1950–1974