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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ASHDOWN.

From A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley, A. Bardsley, 1901.

ASHDOWN. (1) A local name meaning "of Ashdown," a parish in dioc. of Chichester. (2) A local name meaning "of Ashdon," a parish in co. Essex, three miles from Saffron Walden.

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