Ashton-upon-Mersey

53.4311 - 2.3336Koordinaten: 53 ° 26 ' N, 2 ° 20 ' W

Ashton- upon- Mersey is today a district of Sale in Greater Manchester, England.

Historically, the location Ashton- upon- Mersey was part of Cheshire. 1895, the area was an Urban District. The District was in 1930 united with the District Sale.

While a hoard of Roman coins was found, but a Roman settlement has not been settled in the area prove. Ashton is Old English for " settlement near the ash trees " and suggests that it is an Anglo-Saxon foundation. The village was first mentioned in documents in 1260.

The writer Lascelles Abercrombie was born in Ashton- upon- Mersey.