[D] ASHINGDON. This place is memorable in the early periods of our history. "Nothing is more surprising," observes Gough, in his Additions to Camden, "than the errors all antiquaries have hitherto lain under with respect to the scene of the battle between Edmund Ironside and the Danes." Though they had the authority of Mr. Camden against them, they have caried it quite across the county to the northern extremity and as far from the sea as possible, in defiance of every circumstance that could fix it there. In a marsh in Woodham Mortimer parish, on the river Burnham or Crouch, are twenty-four barrows grouped in pairs, and most of them surrounded by a ditch, supposed to be the burial places of the Danes, who probably landed at Bradwell, a village near the mouth of the Blackwater River, fourteen miles distant. [Sidenote: The site of an engagement between Edm. Ironside and the Danes.] Map| Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From +--+-----------------------+--------+-------------+--------------+ 29|Ashington to|Northump |Morpeth 5|Blyth 6| 34|Ashington pa|Somerset |Ilchester 3|Yeovil 4| 38|Ashington pa|Sussex |Steyning 4|Arundel 9| 7|Ashley to|Chester |Knutsford 5|Altringham 3| 28|Ashley pa|Northamp |Rockingham 6|Harborough 5| 16|Ashley pa|Hants |Stockbridge 3|Winchester 8| 35|Ashley pa|Stafford |Eccleshall 6|Drayton 6| 41|Ashley[A] pa|Wilts |Malmesbury 5|Tetbury 3| 5|Ashley-Green ham|Bucks |Chesham 3|Berkhamp 2| 6|Ashley-cum-Silvery, pa|Cambridge|Newmarket 5|Mildenhall 10| 10|Ashley-Hay to|Derby |Wirksworth 2|Belper 6| 27|Ashmanhaugh pa|Norfolk |Coltishall 3|Worsted 3| 16|Ashmansworth chap|Hants |Whitchurch 8|Andover 10| 12|Ashmore pa|Dorset |Shaftesbury 5|Cranborne 12| 34|Asholt, or Aisholt pa|Somerset |Bridgewater 7|Stowey 3| 10|Ashover[B] to & pa|Derby |Alfreton 7|Chesterfield 7| 39|Ashow pa|Warwick |Warwick 5|Kenilworth 3| 17|Ashperton chap|Hereford |Ledbury 5|Hereford 11| 11|Ashprington pa|Devon |Totness 3|Brixham 6| 34|Ash-Priors pa|Somerset |Taunton 6|Wellington 6| 11|Ashreigney pa|Devon |Chumleigh 4|Torrington 11| 5|Ashridge[C] ham|Bucks |Chesham 2|Berkhamp 4| +--+----------------------+---------+-------------+--------------+ |Dist.| Map| Names of Places. |Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population. +--+----------------------+-----------------------+-----+--------+ 29|Ashington to|Ulgham 4| 290| 57| 34|Ashington pa|Sherborne 7| 121| 74|