Ashtead
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| Ashtead | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | 13,494 [1] |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | TQ1858 |
| Administration | |
| District: | Mole Valley D.C. |
| Shire county: | Surrey |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Surrey |
| Historic county: | Surrey |
| Services | |
| Police force: | {{{Police}}} |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} |
| Ambulance: | South East Coast |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | Ashtead |
| Postal district: | KT21 |
| Dialling code: | 01372 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Epsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency) |
| European Parliament: | South East England |
| Image:Flag of England.svg | |
Ashtead is a large commuter village in Surrey, England separated from Leatherhead and Epsom by Green Belt. It is part of the surburbia that surrounds London.
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[edit] History
Ashtead is mentioned in the Domesday Book, where its name is "Stede".
Its main source of water at the time seems to be The Rye (Brook).
St Giles Church, in Ashtead Park, dates from the 12th Century.
Ashtead is mentioned in Samuel Pepys' diaries. He is not particularly complimentary.
Ashtead is frequently mis-spelt Ashstead. Until 1967, Ashtead Railway Station had both spellings of the name "Ashtead" and "Ashstead" displayed on Station Name Plates, hanging at either end of its platforms.
The Ashtead Psalms were commissioned by Ashtead Choral Society to mark their 50th anniversary in the year 2000 from composer Robert Steadman.
Ashtead Pottery was produced in the village from 1923 until the Company ceased trading in 1935.
[edit] The Village Area
Ashtead is normally referred to in sections, as The Village (The Village Centre, around The Street), Lower Ashtead, and The Common.
[edit] The Village
Area around The Street or High Street Ashtead is the oldest part of the village and the main shopping and social area of the village, having several Pubs and the Ashtead Village Club (C&IU Affiliate).
[edit] Lower Ashtead
Flat area leading to Ashtead Common. Has a park and Youth Club, and large housing estates all built around the area of the British Rail Station.
[edit] The Common
Is the area north of the railway line. Ashtead Common does have housing though its is a large preservation area, run by the Corporation of London. the Law protecting it is hundreds of years old.
There is also a Ashtead Park, Ashtead Heath and Ashtead Downs.
Despite its size, and the fact that it is bisected by the A24, it retains a "village" atmosphere. Ashtead is near the M25.
[edit] Business
Ashtead is UK home of ExxonMobil whose head office is built on the old Ermyn Way factory site of Goblin Vacuum Cleaners.
[edit] Schools
Ashtead has several schools, including:
- Barnett Wood Infant School
- St. Giles' (Church of England) Infant School
- The Greville Primary School
- City of London Freemen's School - private school associated with Corporation of London
[edit] Transport
- Rail
Ashtead has a small modern railway station on the London to Horsham line.
- Road
The London to Worthing road the A24, runs through the village.
[edit] Emergency Services
Ashtead is served by these emergency sevices.
- Surrey Police.
- South East Coast Ambulance Service as of 1st July 2006. The Surrey Ambulance Service, Sussex, and Kent Ambulance services have all merged, and have now ceased to exist.
- Surrey Fire & Rescue Service, In Leatherhead or Epsom.
- Hospital, Small Private unit with no A&E.
