ASHINGDON, a parish in the hundred of ROCHFORD, county of ESSEX, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Rbchford, containing 97 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £8. 13. 4., and in the patronage of Josiah Nottidge, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. Here is a school, with an endowment of £2 per annum, for the education of poor children. This place is thought to have been the scene of the battle ofAssandune, in which Canute the Dane vanquished the Saxons under Edmund Ironside.