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Canons Ashby
Canons
Ashby
is a small
village
and
civil parish
in the
Daventry district
of the
county
of
Northamptonshire, England
. The population of
the village
is included in the
civil
parish
of
Preston Capes
.
Its most notable
building
is
Canons Ashby House
, a
National Trust
property. The
parish church
is a
surviving
fragment of
Canons Ashby Priory
.
It is situated
one mile
from
Moreton Pinkney
. A
railway station
was located between the two villages, on the
Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway
, but
the station
closed in
April 1952
.
The village
is part of the
Daventry constituency
.