Editing Cold Ashby (section)

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|official_name=            Cold Ashby
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|population=        278
|population_ref=    (2011)
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|lieutenancy_england      = [[Northamptonshire]]
|region=                  East Midlands
|constituency_westminster=      [[Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)|Kettering]]
|post_town=        Northampton
|postcode_district =       NN6
|postcode_area=            NN   
|dial_code=      01604
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'''Cold Ashby''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[West Northamptonshire]] in England. At the time of the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]], the parish's population was 255 people,<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797176&c=cold+ashby&d=16&e=15&g=472499&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1257677413890&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics: Cold Ashby CP: Parish headcounts]. Retrieved 8 November 2009</ref> increasing to 278 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122171&c=Cold+Ashby&d=16&e=62&g=6451076&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467366232426&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=1 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

The villages name means 'Ash-tree farm/settlement' or 'Aski's farm/settlement'. 'Cold' from its exposed situation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Cold%20Ashby |title = Key to English Place-names}}</ref>

Cold Ashby is surrounded by rolling farmland, and has a notable [[Golf club (institution)|golf club]]. Its population is mainly commuters and their families, although farming is important to the local economy. The village has its own bowls and cricket clubs, and is within the catchment area of the [[Guilsborough]] schools. Lying on the {{convert|200|m|0}} contour line Cold Ashby is said to be the highest village in Northamptonshire.
The British [[Ordnance Survey]]'s first [[trig point]], the triangular post used by surveyors, was erected on 18 April 1936 near Cold Ashby. More than 11,000 of the posts were erected across Britain to enable surveyors to create maps accurate to within metres by measuring angles and using trigonometry to calculate distances between the pillars.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-13130526 |title=Mapping the history of Ordnance Survey's trig points |date=19 April 2011  |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=25 August 2012 }}</ref>