Ashdown
Encyclopedia
People
- Jamie AshdownJamie AshdownJamie Lawrence Ashdown is an English footballer who is currently at Portsmouth where he plays as a goalkeeper.- Career :...
, footballer - Paddy AshdownPaddy AshdownJeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC , usually known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician and diplomat....
, British politician - Pete AshdownPete AshdownPeter Lynn "Pete" Ashdown is the founder and CEO of Utah's first independent and oldest Internet service provider, XMission. In 2006 he challenged and lost to incumbent U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, running as the Democratic candidate....
, US businessman and politician - Peter AshdownPeter AshdownPeter Hawthorn Ashdown is a former motor racing driver. He drove in a single Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, racing a Cooper....
, racing driver - Thomas Albery Ashdown, Lt Commander RNR Rtd
- Doug AshdownDoug Ashdown-External links:* * [ Doug Ashdown] at Allmusic...
, Australian singer-songwriter who had a hit in 1974 with the song "Winter in America"
Places
United Kingdom- Ashdown, a historical name for an unspecified region of the Berkshire DownsBerkshire DownsThe Berkshire Downs are a range of chalk downland hills in southern England, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
- Battle of AshdownBattle of AshdownThe Battle of Ashdown, in Berkshire , took place on 8 January 871. Alfred the Great, then a prince of only twenty-one, led the West Saxon army of his brother, King Ethelred, in a victorious battle against the invading Danes.Accounts of the battle are based to a large extent on Asser's "Life of...
, 871 A.D.
- Battle of Ashdown
- Ashdown ForestAshdown ForestAshdown Forest is an ancient area of tranquil open heathland occupying the highest sandy ridge-top of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is situated some south of London in the county of East Sussex, England...
in East Sussex - Ashdown Technology CollegeAshdown Technology CollegeAshdown Technology College is a secondary school in Poole, Dorset, England. It is a fusion of two previous schools, Ashley Cross Girls School and Seldown Boys School. It was opened on July 7, 1989. The headteacher is Mrs. L. Jones....
, Poole, Dorset
United States
- Ashdown, ArkansasAshdown, ArkansasAshdown is a city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 4,781 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Little River County.-Geography:Ashdown is located at ....
- Ashdown House (disambiguation), several in the UK and the U.S.
Other uses
- Ashdown EngineeringAshdown EngineeringAshdown Engineering is a British manufacturer of instrument amplifiers, particularly for bass, but also developed a range of guitar amps for a number of years...
, British manufacturer of instrument amplifiers - Ashdown.co.uk Ltd, international magazine publishers and Internet television broadcasters
See also
- William AshdowneWilliam Ashdowne- Life :As a probationer for the ministry, William Ashdowne went to Dover,, then following the death of his father-in-law became minister in the General Baptist denomination at Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent...
(1723 - 1810), an English Unitarian preacher