Simon Ashton under Lyne is close to Newcastle under Lyne which is on the SW boundary of Stoke on Trent. Tyneside is on the River Tyne in NW England Pete Simon, there are in fact two Ashtons in the UK One is in Devon and the other in Northamptonshire, they are both parishes within their own rights. There is also Ashton-under-Lyne in Tyneside.