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Ashburnham may refer to:
- Ashburnham and Penhurst, East Sussex, England
- Ashburnham, Massachusetts, United States
- Ashburnham, Ontario, Canada, a village annexed by the city of Peterborough in 1904
- Earl of Ashburnham
- John Ashburnham (disambiguation)
- Ashburnham baronets
Usage examples of "ashburnham".
The beds run in a north-westerly direction, by Ashburnham and Heathfield, to Crowborough and thereabouts.
The ruins of the Ashburnham forge, situated a few miles to the north-east of Battle, still serve to indicate the extent of the manufacture.
The embankment and sluices of the furnace-pond at the upper part of the valley continue to be maintained, the lake being used by the present Lord Ashburnham as a preserve for fish and water-fowl.
The property belonged, as it still does, to the Ashburnham family, who are said to have derived great wealth from the manufacture of guns at their works, which were among the last carried on in Sussex.
The Ashburnham iron was distinguished for its toughness, and was said to be equal to the best Spanish or Swedish iron.
Farnhurst, in western, and Ashburnham, in eastern Sussex, witnessed the total extinction of the manufacture.
There were the sallow lower chalk, the coffee−coloured Hastings beds, the lighter Ashburnham beds, the dark carboniferous clays, and then, gleaming in the electric light, band after band of jet−black, sparkling coal alternating with the rings of clay.