Ashford, a village and a parish in Middlesex. The village stands amid a richly-cultivated tract, 2 miles E of Staines, and has a station on the L. & S.W.R., and a post and telegraph office (S.O.) under Staines. The parish includes the western part of Old Hounslow Heath, once the retreat of highwaymen and the terror of travellers. Acreage, 1402; population, 2700. Ashford Lodge, Manor House, and Clock House are handsome seats. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London; value, £125. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1859. A Welsh charity school, an edifice in the Tudor style, was founded in 1857, and is now used as a high-class school for girls. The West London District School, opened in 1872; has accommodation for 790 children.