We could not match "ASHOVER" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 17 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "ASHOVER":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Ashover	Derbyshire	Ashover , par., township, and vil., E. Derbyshire, 7 miles SW. of Chesterfield -- par., 11,390 ac., pop. 3312; township, 9564 ac., pop. 2276; P.O., T.O. Lace	Bartholomew
  ASHOVER	Derbyshire	ASHOVER , a village, a township, a parish, and a sub district in Derby. The village stands in a deep narrow	Imperial
  BELPER	Derbyshire	Ashover, and KirkIreton; the subdistrict of Horsley, containing the parishes of Horsley, Morley, and Denby, the chapelry of Holbrook, and part	Imperial
  CHESTERFIELD	Derbyshire	Ashover, containing the parishes of Shirland and Morton, four townships of North Wingfield, one of Crich, and one of Ashover	Imperial
  DERBYSHIRE, or Derby	Derbyshire	Ashover-common; fortifications and earthworks at Hathersage, Staden-Low, Pilsbury, Great Finn, and Combe-moss; remains of habitations at Harthill	Imperial
  Dethick and Lea	Derbyshire	township, Ashover par., E. Derbyshire, on Cromford Canal, 2 miles SE. of Matlock Bath ry. sta., 1826 ac., pop. 1036.	Bartholomew
  DETHWICK, or Dethwick Lea	Derbyshire	Ashover parish, Derby; on the Cromford canal, near Matlock-Bath r. station, and 2 miles SE of Matlock. It includes	Imperial
  Holloway	Derbyshire	Holloway , vil., Ashover par., E. Derbyshire, 3 miles NE. of Wirksworth; P.O.	Bartholomew
  HOLLOWAY	Derbyshire	Ashover parish, Derby; on a bold acclivity, near the Cromford canal, 3¼ miles NE of Wirksworth. It has a postoffice	Imperial
  Lea	Derbyshire	Ashover par., Derbyshire, 2½ miles SE. of Matlock; P.O.; in vicinity is Lea Hurst, residence of the Nightingale family	Bartholomew
  LEA	Derbyshire	Ashover parish, Derby; near the river Derwent and the Midland railway, 2½ miles SE of Matlock. It has a post	Imperial
  Lea Hurst	Derbyshire	Lea Hurst , seat of the Nightingale family, Ashover par., Derbyshire, 3 miles SE. of Matlock.	Bartholomew
  LICHFIELD	Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Shropshire Staffordshire	Ashover contains the rectories of Ashover, Bonsall, Mattock, Morton, and North Wingfield; the vicarage of Crich; and the p. curacies	Imperial
  Overton Hall	Derbyshire	Overton Hall .-- seat, Ashover par., Derbyshire, 3 m. NE. of Matlock.	Bartholomew
  OVERTON HALL	Derbyshire	Ashover parish, Derby; 3¼ miles N E of Matlock. It belonged once to Sir Joseph Banks; belongs now to Dr. John	Imperial
  Robin Hood's Mark	Derbyshire	Robin Hood's Mark , rocking-stone, on Ashover Common, Derbyshire, 7 miles SW. of Chesterfield.	Bartholomew
  Stretton	Derbyshire	Ashover), North Wingfield par., Derbyshire - township, 1574 ac., pop. 630; vil., 6 miles S. of Chesterfield; has large iron-works	Bartholomew

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