Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Ashton (D16) 38

Name:Ashton

The small town of Ashton on Route 62 is in the middle of a fruit-farming and wine-growing area so there are some nice wineries, farm stalls where you can ...
www.safarinow.com/cms/ashton-western-cape-south-africa/irie.aspx

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Date: 1 July 2008

Historic fact:

Ashton was originally known as Roodewal. The English speaking official who was in charge of the railway station built there could not cope with the name Roodewal, so he named the station after his home town in England.The station was built in 1887 and grew into a town only in the 1940s after the Langeberg Cooperation was established near the station.

http://www.routes.co.za/wc/ashton/index.html


Other interesting info:

Montagu Tourism Bureau | Official Tourist Information Website for Montagu and Ashton.
www.montagu-ashton.info/

Where to stay:

www.wheretostay.co.za/wc/bv/accommodation/ashton.php

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