Origins of surname
This surname probably originated in Devon, and is thought to be a variant of the place name Ashford, in that county. Ashford was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Aisseford'. The name is derived from the Old English aesc = ash tree, and ford, a river crossing, so presumably the community grew up on a river bank by ash trees.
Early records
The family which came to Jersey in the mid-19th century originated not in Devon but in neighbouring Somerset. Francis Ashelford was working as a servant in a St Helier home in 1851 at the age of about 24. He married Hannah Windeatt and they had five children, Francis born in Alderney in 1856, and the other four, all sons, born in St Helier.
Variants
- Ashelford
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Ashelford baptisms in Jersey
- Ashelford marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Ashelford marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Ashelford burials in Jersey
Great War service
- Charles Owen Ashelford (1892-1918), son of master printer Mr and Mrs John Ashelford, husband of Elizabeth Jessie Ainsley, proprietor of Clarendon Hotel
- Ernest Wilfred Ashelford (St H), Private, Hampshire Regiment
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
Occupation records
World War 2 casualties
Burial records
Family businesses
1905 advert
1887 advert from L'Almanach de la Gazette de Jersey
Family gravestones
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Point-du-Jour Military Cemetery, Athies
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