ASHTON-KEYNES, a parish in the hundred of
HIGHWORTH-CRICKLADE-and-STAPLE, county of
WILTS, 1 mile (W.) from Cricklade, containing, with
the chapelry of Leigh, 1151 inhabitants. The living is
a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Wilts, and diocese
of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £16, and in
the patronage of Robert Clack and others. The church
is dedicated to the Holy Cross.