Ashford

Ashford, a market-town of Kent, 14 miles SW. of Canterbury, and 56 SE. of London. It is an important junction, with large railway works. Eastwell Park, till 1893 the home of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg (and Edinburgh), lies 3 miles to the north. Pop. (1851) 4092; (1891) 10,728.