Ashford, Middlesex (now Surrey)

Ashford sits between Staines, Feltham and Sunbury, and its maps follow a Middlesex village turning into a suburb on the west...

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Ashford sits between Staines, Feltham and Sunbury, and its maps follow a Middlesex village turning into a suburb on the western edge of London as reservoirs, an airport and motorways close in. Historically in Middlesex, the town now lies in Surrey's Spelthorne borough. The earliest sheets, of 1786 and 1811, set it among the Thames-side settlements around Walton, Shepperton and Chertsey. Street maps of 1933 and 1937 show Ashford Common, Stanwell, East Bedfont and Feltham around it, and vintage sheets of 1964 and 1965 add Heathrow, Wraysbury Reservoir and the projected M3 near Laleham and Littleton.

Ashford sits between Staines, Feltham and Sunbury, and its maps follow a Middlesex village turning into a suburb on the western edge of London as reservoirs, an airport and motorways close in. Historically in Middlesex, the town now lies in Surrey's Spelthorne borough. The earliest sheets, of 1786 and 1811, set it among the Thames-side settlements around Walton, Shepperton and Chertsey. Street maps of 1933 and 1937 show Ashford Common, Stanwell, East Bedfont and Feltham around it, and vintage sheets of 1964 and 1965 add Heathrow, Wraysbury Reservoir and the projected M3 near Laleham and Littleton.

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