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| | Ashford, Kent - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | In the 16th century Ashford was known as "Essetesford" and writer Philpot believed it stood for "ash trees growing near a ford", while Lampard, a 16th century local historian, suggested that it meant "a ford over the river Eshe or Eshet", which was the old name for the tributary of the River Stour. |
 | | Ashford is twinned with Bad Münstereifel in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (since 1964), Fougères in Brittany (since 1984) and Hopewell, Virginia USA (since 1994). |
 | | Image:Ashford Population.jpg In 1801, the population of Ashford and Willesborough was 2,600; in 1861 this had more than tripled to 8,800; and in 1961 the figure was 28,000. |
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