A guide to Ashford
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Latest reviews | Events in Ashford Ashford’s history is based on its location between Dover and London and this looks to be important in the future with the international station and the high speed train service from London to Europe through the Channel Tunnel. There are different views as to how the name Ashford came about. Records show that for several centuries the settlement or town in Ashford was known as "Essetesford". Some people believe that "Essetesford" stands for "ash trees growing near a ford", while others suggest that it meant "a ford over the river Eshe or Eshet", which was the old name for the tributary of the River Stour which rises at Lenham. No one can be quite sure when people first settled in the Ashford area. Roman remains have been found at Westhawk, and a road, built to transport iron ore from the Weald of Kent to the north Kent Coast, went through Ashford, following what is now Kingsnorth Road and Beaver Road in South Ashford and Station Road and Wellesley Road through to Kennington. It is believed that Ashford’s origins lay in the 1800’s when England was invaded by the Danes in 893. At this there were settlements at Great Chart and Appledore, and as the Danes raided these settlements the people fled to the forests for safety. It is thought that many of the survivors settled either in nearby forest or in the "Royal Ville of Wye". As a reward for their services in battle a group of people are thought to have settled on land in what is now Ashford, given to them by the Saxon Lord. Before the Norman invasion, it is known that part of Ashford was owned by St. Augustine’s Abbey at Canterbury, the other part belonged to King Edward the Confessor and some belonged to Earl Godwin, the father of King Harold. After the Conquest, St Augustine’s kept its land, but the rest was given to Hugh de Montfort, one of the Conqueror’s commanders, as a reward for his services in battle. The Doomsday Book, which was made by William the Conqueror in 1086 to assess the extent of the land and resources being owned in England at the time, and the extent of the taxes he could raise, states that Ashford has a church and two mills. By 1600 Ashford was well established as an important and thriving market town. Ashford was aided in this by its location, with roads to the port of Faversham and to Canterbury, Hythe, Romney Marsh and the Weald. Just as important was the number of large estates in the district owned by the nobility.
Accountants, Loans, Financial Advisor
Andrew Stevens Associates
Blackmans Book-Keeping Services
D & T Accounting Solutions Ltd
Association
Attraction
Ashford Borough Museum
Beech Court Gardens
Church Hill Cottage Gardens
Godinton House and Gardens
Harbourne Vineyard
Lashenden Air Warfare Museum
South of England Rare Breeds Centre
Stour Valley Arts Sculpture Walk
Willesborough Windmill
Woodchurch Windmill
Budget
Cornerstone B&B *book online*
Holiday Inn North A20 Ashford *book online*
Premier Inn Ashford Central *book online*
Premier Inn Ashford Eureka Leisure Park *book online*
Premier Inn Ashford North *book online*
Ryemore Guest House *book online*
Travelodge Ashford *book online*
Camping
Cinema
Classes
Club
Council
Doctor
Musgrove Park Medical Centre
New Hayesbank Surgery
The Northside Clinic
The Surgery
The Willesborough Health Centre
Estate Agent
Gregory Brown Estate Agents
Saddlers
The Frost Partnership
Flat Share
Golf Club
Ashford
Homelands Bettergolf Centre
Health and Fitness Club
Bannatynes Ashford
Fitness First Ashford
Green Health Club
Kingsnorth Recreation Centre
Holiday Park
Inn
Conningbrook Hotel
New Flying Horse Inn
The Wife of Bath
Market
Ashford Football Club Car Boot
New Ashford Market
Pub and Bar
Crusader
Dukes Head
Fat Fiddler
Flying Horse Inn
Hare & Hounds
Locomotive
Man Of Kent
Nelson
Oranges Cafe Bar
Queens Arms
Tufton Bailiffehouse
Wagon & Horses
Restaurant
Crown Coffee & Gifts
Devils Kneading Trough
Downtown Diner
Dukes Head
Eastwell Manor
Elvey Farm Restaurant
Flying Horse Inn
Hare & Hounds
Kennington Tandoori
Little Raj
Queens Arms
The Gourmet's Kitchen
Tin Tin
Wagon & Horses
School
Self-Catering
Eversleigh Woodland Lodges
Freedom Holiday Homes
Old Post Office
Solicitor
Taxi
AFM Cars
Arrow Taxis Ltd
Ashford Minibuses Ltd
Ashford Taxis
Blue Line Taxis
Diamond Taxis
Independent Taxi Service
Phone-A-Cab
Platinum Cars
Prestige Travel
Vet
Sports Clubs
Ashfield Wheelers CC (Cycling)
Ashford & District Road Running Club (Athletics)
Ashford Tennis Academy (Tennis)
Ashford Town (Amateur Football)
Bromley Green (Amateur Football)
Etchinghill CC (Cricket)
Great Chart CC (Cricket)
Kennington (Amateur Football)
Wye CC (Cricket)
Shops
Glenda's
Bookends
Better Baskets
Boots
Novelty Balloons
Dolland and Aitchison
Perry Court Farm Shop
Potten Farm Shop
Early Learning Centre
Rymans
Wyevale Garden Centre
Willesborough Pet Supplies
Ashford Pet Supplies
Whittard of Chelsea
Dorothy Perkins
Paydens Ltd
Cargills
Soled Out
C G Earl & Son
Evans
J D Sports
Tim Sutton Sports Massage
Staples
Carphone Warehouse
Halfords
Phones 4 U
BodyShop
The Headcom Gallery
Mountain Warehouse
Balloons by Sue
Thorntons
PC World
Holland and Barratt
Professional Cookware
Crown Coffee
Burscombe Cliff Farm
H Samuel
Ernest Jones
McArthur Glen Ashford
Mothercare
Gamestation
Game
B&Q
TM Lewin
Goldsmiths
Dreams
Homebase
Lloyds Pharmacy
Sussex Stationers
Specsavers
T K Maxx
SoleTrader
Phase Eight
Pets At Home
Antiques
CMR International Arms Company (UK)
Activities
Airaffair Adventures Parachuting(Airsports)
Ashford Archers(Archery)






