Ashprington, a parish in Devon, at the influx of the Hareborne river to the Dart, 2 3/4 miles SSE of Totnes station on the G.W.R. Post town, Totnes. Acreage, 2255 ; population of the civil parish, 418; of the ecclesiastical, 464. Sharpham House, the seat of the Durant family, is an elegant edifice, and commands an extensive view along the Dart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, .£537. The church is a neat old edifice, of nave, chancel, and aisles, with square tower. A dilapidated old chapel stands at Painsford.
