| Official Name: | Castle Ashby |
| Static Image Name: | CastleAshby.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | South elevation of Castle Ashby house |
| Coordinates: | 52.2271°N -0.7417°W |
| Population: | 111 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 Census) |
| Os Grid Reference: | SP8659 |
| London Distance: | 65miles SSE |
| Civil Parish: | Castle Ashby |
| Unitary England: | West Northamptonshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | Northamptonshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Country: | England |
| Post Town: | NORTHAMPTON |
| Postcode Area: | NN |
| Postcode District: | NN7 |
| Dial Code: | 01604 |
| Constituency Westminster: | Northampton South |
Castle Ashby is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish (including Chadstone) was 111.[1]
Historically, the village was set up to service the needs of Castle Ashby House, the seat of the Marquess of Northampton. The village has one small pub-hotel, The Falcon. The village contains many houses rebuilt from the 1860s onwards. These include work by the architect E.F. Law of Northampton, whose work can also be seen nearby at Horton Church. The castle is the result of a licence obtained in 1306, for Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry, to castellate his mansion in the village of Ashby.
The village's name means 'Ash-tree farm/settlement'. There was a castle here, later replaced by the Elizabethan mansion.[2]