Ascot

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Ascot (or Ascott) is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'eastern cottage'.

[edit] Places

Ascot is the name of several places:

In Australia:

• Ascot, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
• Ascot, Victoria
• Ascot, Western Australia

In Canada:

• Ascot, Quebec
• Ascot Corner, Quebec

In the United Kingdom:

• Ascot, Berkshire
  • North Ascot
  • South Ascot
• Ascott, Buckinghamshire
  • Ascott House
• Ascott under Wychwood, Oxfordshire

In the United States:

• Ascot Park, former dirt racetrack near Los Angeles, California

[edit] Horse racing

Ascot is the name of horse racing courses in two locations:

• Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire, UK
• Ascot Racecourse, Western Australia

[edit] Other uses

Ascot may also refer to:

• Ascot tie, a cravat with wide square ends

• Honda Ascot, both a 500cc motorcycle first produced in 1983, and a type of car first produced in 1993.

• www.myspace.com/easyascot a talented two piece group from Newcastle Upon Tyne, a blend of intoxicating lyrics, tinged with humour, guilt and pleasure, mixed elequently with the sublime strumming of a guitar.