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Ashburton, Devon
East Street
Devon,
England,United-kingdom - DT7
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Ashburton is a small town on the south-southeastern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, adjacent to the A38.It was formerly important as a stannary town (a centre for the administration of tin-mining), and remains the largest town within the National Park, with a population of around 3,800, increasing to 4,170 in 2011.
Ashburton has five pubs within the centre of town, and two restaurants.
The town is also part of the electoral ward named Ashburton and Buckfastleigh, the population of which at the 2011 census was 7,718.HistoryThe name is recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as Essebretone.
Ashburton was then the main town of the Parish of Ashburton, in Teignbridge Hundred.
During the English Civil War, Ashburton was a temporary refuge for Royalist troops fleeing after their defeat by General Fairfax at nearby Bovey Tracey.The town was the terminus of the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway that opened on 1 May 1872.
Ashburton railway station closed to passengers in November 1958 although goods traffic on the line continued until 7 September 1962.
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