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Steeple Ashton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, east of Trowbridge. The parish includes the hamlet of Ashton Common. ==Name and history== Until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Steeple Ashton was a manor of Romsey Abbey. It was also part of the hundred of Whorwellsdown. The first element of the village's name may represent the former steeple of the church. However the prefix ' Staple -' or 'Steeple- sometimes indicates the privilege of holding a market, with a stapol or pole being set up to advertise its location to all passing through.〔John C. Longstaff, ''Notes on Wiltshire Names'', pp. 115-116〕 Steeple Ashton was indeed once a market town, holding a weekly market, the market cross for which still stands on the village green. A great fire destroyed the textile mills within the small town, and when it came to rebuilding they moved to the nearby town of Trowbridge, where the River Biss provided better power. The business of the market then moved to neighbouring towns such as Market Lavington. In 1818 the parish extended north to Great Hinton and Semington, and west to West Ashton. In the late 19th century separate civil parishes were created for each of those three places, greatly reducing the area of Steeple Ashton parish. The parish had 955 inhabitants in 1991 but had twice as many in 1981.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcensus.php?id=233 )〕 This is due to the parish boundary of Trowbridge being moved to include new housing estates which had been built at the edge of the town but within the parish of Steeple Ashton. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steeple Ashton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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