Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ascot

Ascot.-- vil., seat, and ry. sta., Winkfield par., SE. Berks, 6 miles SW. of Windsor; P.O., T.O. The racecourse on Ascot Heath is2 miles long.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village, seat, and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Winkfield AP/CP       Berkshire AncC
Place: Ascot

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