History and heritage

History & heritage

[Awaiting a brief history of Ashbourne]

Ashbourne museum

There is a fabulous small museum in the Town Hall, well worth a visit if you have a spare half hour. It's free to get in. Click here for more information.

People, buildings and points of interest

Ashbourne has an abundance of listed buildings, quirky statues, historic spaces and more. This website's ambition is to post a short story for each building and feature (work in progress....).

Features / POI

Quirky & interesting features around Ashbourne - statues, gargoyles, plaques and more.....

St John Street

Heritage architecture from Dig Street, past the market place, and to the park.

More coming soon! This page is under construction so please check back for updates...

Help wanted

We are collating information on Ashbourne history and heritage, now on multiple websites or not online at all. This will take some time to do... If you have any historic photos you can share with us, please get in touch. Ditto if you want to become a researcher for this page, we would love to hear from you.