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Ashchurch is a village and formally a civil parish in the Tewkesbury district of Gloucestershire, England. The parish was formerly called Eastchurch, due to its position east of the parish and town of Tewkesbury, and had a population of 6,064 at the 2001 census. The former Aschurch Parish covered the village of Ashchurch, including the large Northway estate, and the settlements of Aston Cross, Aston on Carrant, Pamington and Natton. The village and housing and industrial estates run directly into Tewkesbury itself to the west: Tewkesbury School, and a number of factories whose postal addresses read Tewkesbury are in the parish of Ashchurch. The parish once extended even further west to include the area called Newtown, but this was transferred to Tewkesbury in 1931. From 1935 until 1974, Ashchurch was part of the Cheltenham Rural district, then was incorporated into the new Tewkesbury district. This was then changed again in 2008 when the parish was split into Ashchurch Rural and Northway. Northway, the principal development in the Parish, was expanded significantly during the latter half of the 20th Century. The Development owed largely due to needs of rehousing shortly after World War II. A Row of pre-fabricated housing still exists, although heavily modified and modernised, in the estate. Additions to the earliest developments have progressed right up to the present day. A newer development commonly referred to as 'Saxon Park', built upon the former site of a factory that was once a part of Dowty Seals, sparked much controversy as many homes were significantly damaged in the Summer Floods of 2007 despite being less than a year old. Other areas of the Parish, especially Northway, were hit particularly badly; Kestral Way and Sallis Close being two of the harder hit areas. Research Tips
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