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Ashingdon, or Assingdon, was the scene of the famous battle in which King Canute the Great defeated King Edward the Second (Ironsides). Ashingdon is in the Rochford union and hundred. It is 40 miles from London by rail, 2 miles north of Rochford and 7 miles north of Southend station. Population in 1862 was 99. [Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1862]
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- Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911, which includes most copies held at the ERO, Wharf Rd, Chelmsford. More information on other ways to view these census returns on the Essex
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- Ashingdon was a member of the Rochford Hundred
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TQ867927 (Lat/Lon: 51.602187, 0.694492), Ashingdon which are provided by:
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- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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- Ashingdon was a member of the Rochford Poor Law Union