The town is the seat of the Ashburton District, a territorial authority encompassing the town and the surrounding rural area, which is also known as " Mid-Canterbury ".

Ashburton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne's Central Business District.

In 1843 he visited Devonshire, staying at Ashburton ; in 1846 the English Lake District ; and in 1847, for the first time, North Wales, which, especially the country around Betws-Y-Coed and Dolgelly, became his favourite working-ground.

Category: Ashburton District

Category: Ashburton District

Category: Ashburton District

In 1842 he was secretary to Lord Ashburton on his American mission, and in 1855 he became secretary to the Civil Service Commission ; but from 1841 onwards he was constantly occupied in his researches into Bacon's life and philosophy.

The new primary school was built in 1875 and the railway line from Buckfastleigh and Ashburton to Totnes was opened.

Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG, PC ( 12 January 1858 – 20 June 1945 ), known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British statesman and writer.

Category: People from Ashburton, Devon

The largest population of this species occurs in Australia, where it is found from the Ashburton River, near Onslow, Western Australia across northern Australia to north-east New South Wales.

The streets had been laid down, but no houses were built ; merely a row of cardboard boxes housed the first few residents who had migrated east from the slums of Ashburton to enjoy a better standard of living, only to be bitterly disappointed with the estate agents who promised milk and honey but instead delivered a mosquito infested swamp.

The Ashburton immigrants, while disappointed all agreed that the swamp was a major step up from their former homes *(* source *: Lachlan Barth-president of Ashburton Historical Society )*.

This remnant of the Outer Circle went from Ashburton to Deepdene.

Ashburton is the only Premium Station on the Alamein line, being staffed from first to last train and has toilet facilities for passengers.

The Alamein train line splits from one track to two just before Ashburton station, and as such the station only features a single bi-directional platform.

For a short period, this left the line to Ashburton ( from Camberwell station ) as the last remaining stretch.

On 1 May 1897, Ashburton station closed, along with the line from Camberwell.

However, after an outcry from the local community, it reopened, becoming the Ashburton line once again.

The line is double track from the junction at Camberwell station to just north of Ashburton station ; changing to a single track for the rest of the distance, a short enough section that it is not a serious bottleneck.

The first long stage opened on 7 November 1954, from Hartwell to Ashburton stations, followed by the duplication and automatic signalling of the Riversdale to Hartwell section on 31 July 1955.

A one car Tait train took over the service on Sundays, the train guard selling tickets as station staff were withdrawn from every station except Ashburton, which remained open for safeworking reasons.

Although Arsenal secured a £ 260 million loan from a group of banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland in April 2003, the club suspended work on Ashburton Grove citing in a statement, " We have experienced a number of delays in arrangements for our new stadium project in recent months across a range of issues.

The stadium name is often colloquially shortened from " Emirates Stadium " to " The Emirates ", although some supporters continue to use the former name " Ashburton Grove " or even " The Grove " for the new stadium, especially those who object to the concept of corporate sponsorship of stadium names.

It covered much of the modern City of Boroondara, including the suburbs of ( from north to south ) Kew East, Camberwell, Burwood, Ashburton, and Malvern East.

Lack of passengers led the service cuts, with the Riversdale to Fairfield Park section was closed from 12 April 1893, replaced by a horse bus service, the Oakleigh to Ashburton and Darling section closed on 9 December 1895, and the last section from Camberwell to Ashburton closed on 1 May 1897.

F 111 had its boiler condemned in 1980 and its owners, the Ocean Beach Railway, are yet to replace it ; the Ocean Beach Railway also owns F 150 but it has been on lease to the Plains Vintage Railway of Ashburton since 1986 and is currently unrestored and partially dismantled.

There have been several unverified panther sightings in Mid-Canterbury near Ashburton and in the nearby foothills of the Southern Alps, but searches conducted there in 2003 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry found no corroborating physical evidence.

* Ashburton River ( disambiguation )

It has one large suburb, Tinwald, south of the town and the Ashburton River.

The hamlet, which lies within the civil parish of Whitchurch, is situated at the crossing of the River Walkham on the B3357 ( formerly the main Ashburton to Tavistock road ), midway between the towns of Princetown and Tavistock.

It lies to the south of the larger town, separated from it by the Ashburton River.

Further north the road goes inland and crosses the Ashburton River near Nanutarra Roadhouse.

Charles Broadhurst remained in the north west of Western Australia for many years maintaining pastoral runs on what was to become the Karratha Station on the Maitland River on the Ashburton River.

The Ashburton River is located within the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Some of the larger tributaries of the Ashburton river include Beasley River, Henry River, Hardey River and Ethel river.

The Ashburton River is believed to have first been named Willems River.

Ashburton River may refer to:

* Ashburton River ( New Zealand )

* Ashburton River ( Western Australia )

lb: Ashburton River