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Ashton, John, antiquarian.
 * 1) Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: taken from Original Sources. Illust. Lon., 1882, 2 vols. 8vo: 1883, 1 vol. p. 8vo.
 * "The result of most conscientious and thorough work."—Sat. Rev., 1v. 343.
 * 1) A History of the Chapbooks of the Eighteenth Century: with Fac-Similes, Notes, and Introduction, Lon., 1882, p. 8vo.
 * "This is a very interesting and curious volume. ... It would have been satisfactory if he had traced the history of this kind of literature from its commencement to its fall." Sat. Jiev., liii. 705.
 * 1) The Adventures and Discoveries of Captain John Smith : with Fac-Siuiiles of the Original Illustrations, Lon., 1884, p. Svo. 4. (Ed.) Humour, Wit, and Satire of the Seventeenth Century, Lon., 1883, p. Svo.
 * "In some respects it is a most useful book. . . . From its pages might be compiled a very fair picture of manners in the early part of the century ; and by the aid of the excellent Bibliographical Appendix the reader is guided in the direction of fuller research." Sat. Rev., Ivii. 517.
 * 1) English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon the First. With 120 Illustrations from the Originals. Lon., 1884, 2voK Svo.
 * "Mr. Ashton has been diligent in searching for materials, and his materials are commensurate with the extent and importance of his subject. . . . He has injured a capital subject by a pretentious mode of treating it." Ath., No. 3013.
 * 1) Old Times : Social Life at the End of the Eighteenth Century. Illust. Lon., 1885, Svo.
 * "His present period is the twelve years which lie between the appearance of the Times under its present name in 1788 ana the end of the century. . . . The middle classes, their arts and manners, are the staple of his book, and these he has illustrated amply." Ath., No. 3042,
 * 1) The Dawn of the Nineteenth Century in England : a Social Sketch of the Times, Lon., 1885, 2 vols. p. Svo.
 * "He has made excellent use of the newspapers of the time ; and his volumes, while they will amuse the uncritical reader, cannot safely be neglected by the more serious student of the period which they treat." Sat. Rev., Ixi. 277.
 * 1) The Romances of Chivalry, told and illustrated in Fac-Simile, Lon., 1886, Svo.
 * 2) Eighteenth Century Waifs, Lon., 1887, sm. 4to.
 * 3) A Century of Ballads: Illustrative of the Life, Manners, and Habits of the English Nation during the Seventeenth Century. Collected, Edited, and Illustrated in Fac-Simile of the Originals. Lon., 1887-88, 4to.
 * "On the whole, Mr. Ashton's compilation is exceedingly interesting." Sal. Rev., Ixv. 174.
 * 1) The Legendary History of the Cross. A Series of Sixty-Four Wood-Cuts from a Dutch Book published by Veldeneer, AD. 1483. With an Introduction written and illustrated by John Ashton, and a Preface by Rev. S. Baring-Gould. Lon., 8vo.
 * 2) The Fleet: it* River, Prison, and Marriages. With Seventy Drawings by the Author from Original Pictures. Lon., 1887, 8vo; 1888, p. 8vo.
 * "It contains a vast quantity of Information, and must have cost the compiler a great deal of labour. ... On the other hand, it Is difficult to find anything In it that has not been told before in the many histories of London." Sal. Rev., Ixv. 142.
 * 1) Modern Street Ballads. Fifty-Six Illustrations. Lon., 1888, p. 8vo.
 * 2) Men, Maidens, and Manners a Hundred Years Ago. Illust. Lon., 1888, sq. Ifirno.
 * "Mr. Ashton sails under no false colours, and honest paste-and-scissors work is far better than the amalgam of fine phrases and false facts which is too often set before the unwary as history." Spectator, lix. 153.

Baptism
Name: 	John Ashton Record Type: 	Baptism Born: 22 September 1834 Baptism Date: 	22 Oct 1834 (p. 174) Father's Name: 	Thomas Ashton, Gun-maker Mother's Name: 	Isabella Ashton Abode: Swallow Gardens Parish or Poor Law Union: 	Whitechapel St Mary Borough: 	Tower Hamlets

1891
Name: 	John Ashton Age: 	56 Estimated Birth Year: 	abt 1835 Relation: 	Boarder Gender: 	Male Where born: 	Whitechapel, London, England Civil parish: 	St Pancras Ecclesiastical parish: 	Camden County/Island: 	London Country: 	England Registration district: 	Pancras Sub-registration district: 	Camden Town ED, institution, or vessel: 	7 Neighbors: 	View others on page Piece: 	130 Folio: 	39 Page Number: 	16 Household Members: Name 	Age Edward Browning 	35 Gertrude Browning 	34 Gertrude Browning 	10 Edwin H Browning 	8 James F Browning 	7 Harriett M Gudwin 	18 John Ashton 	56 Robert Ashton 	50 John Hughes 	35

1881
Name: 	John Ashton Age: 	46 Relation: 	Boarder Gender: 	Male Where born: 	Whitechapel Civil parish: 	St Johns Hampstead County/Island: 	London Country: 	England Street Address: 	31 Haverstock Hill Occupation: 	Literary Registration district: 	Hampstead Sub-registration district: 	Hampstead ED, institution, or vessel: 	36 Neighbors: 	View others on page Piece: 	175 Folio: 	37 Page Number: 	4 Household Members: Name 	Age John Reading 	61 Martha Reading 	55 Georgina Slee 	53 Elizabeth Hurst 	20 Elizabeth Duffield 	23 John Ashton 	46 Robert Ashton 	40

1871
Name: 	John Ashton Age: 	36 Estimated Birth Year: 	abt 1835 Relation: 	Boarder Gender: 	Male Where born: 	Deptford, Kent, England Civil parish: 	Paddington Ecclesiastical parish: 	St Stephen County/Island: 	London Country: 	England Registration district: 	Kensington Sub-registration district: 	St Mary Paddington ED, institution, or vessel: 	12 Household schedule number: 	260 Piece: 	6 Folio: 	19 Page Number: 	30 Household Members: Name 	Age George Collie 	42 Emma Collie 	38 Francis W Vailes 	25 John Ashton 	36 (secretary to Aylesbury Dairy) Robert Ashton 	30

1901
Name: 	John Ashton Age: 	66 Estimated Birth Year: 	abt 1835 Relation: 	Boarder Gender: 	Male Where born: 	London, England Civil parish: 	Islington Ecclesiastical parish: 	St Luke County/Island: 	London Country: 	England Registration district: 	Islington Sub-registration district: 	Lower Holloway ED, institution, or vessel: 	2 Neighbors: 	View others on page Household schedule number: 	249 Piece: 	171 Folio: 	46 Page Number: 	41 Household Members: Name 	Age Sarah M Cook 	60 Maria Seppings 	83 John Ashton 	66 Robert Ashton 	60 Ellen Bath 	62 Annie M Newly 	25

1861
mother and brother Name: 	Robert Ashton Age: 	20 Estimated Birth Year: 	abt 1841 Relation: 	Son Mother's Name: 	Isabella Ashton Gender: 	Male Where born: 	New Cross, Kent, England Civil parish: 	Deptford St Paul Ecclesiastical parish: 	Hatcham St James Town: 	Deptford County/Island: 	Surrey Country: 	England Registration district: 	Greenwich Sub-registration district: 	St Paul Deptford ED, institution, or vessel: 	3 Neighbors: 	View others on page Household schedule number: 	134 Piece: 	392 Folio: 	57 Page Number: 	28 Household Members: Name 	Age Isabella Ashton 	54 (fundsholder) Isabella C Ashton 	23 Robert Ashton 	20 (commercial clerk) Mary Ann Chalk 	20

1841
John Ashton Age: 	6 Gender: 	Male Civil parish: 	St Paul Hundred: 	Deptford Town County/Island: 	Kent Country: 	England Registration district: 	Greenwich Sub-registration district: 	St Paul Deptford Neighbors: 	View others on page Piece: 	488 Book: 	13 Folio: 	29 Page Number: 	13

Thos 	Ashton 	45 	abt 1796 	Male Isabella 	Ashton 	30 	abt 1811 	Female Eliza 	Ashton 	8 	abt 1833 	Female John 	Ashton 6 	abt 1835 	Male Isabella Catherine 	Ashton 4 	abt 1837 	Female Robt 	Ashton 11 MO 	abt 1840 	Male 	Kent 	England Mary Frances 	Davn 	20 	abt 1821 	Female 	Kent 	England Eprona 	Scudder 	15 	abt 1826 	Female 	Kent 	England Elizh Catherine Bently 	35 	abt 1806 	Female