ASHINGTON, a parish in the hundred of WEST GRINSTEAD, rape of BRAMBER, county of SUSSEX, 65 miles (N. W.) from Steyning, containing, with the chapelry of Buncton, 229 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £8. 5., and in the patronage of the Rev. R. Clough and others. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St, Paul.