Ascot

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

Contents 1 Places 2 Finance 3 Facilities 4 Other uses

Places

Ascot is the name of several places:

In Australia:

• Ascot, Queensland, suburb of Brisbane
• Ascot Park, South Australia, suburb of Adelaide
• Ascot (Ballarat), town near Ballarat in Victoria
• Ascot, Victoria (Bendigo), suburb of Bendigo in Victoria
• Ascot Vale, Victoria, suburb of Melbourne
  • Electoral district of Ascot Vale, former electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
• Ascot, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
  • Electoral district of Ascot, former electoral district of the Western Australia Legislative Assembly

In Canada:

• Mont-Bellevue, Quebec, which comprises the former town of Ascot
• Ascot Corner, Quebec

In India:

• Askot

In New Zealand:

• Ascot Park, New Zealand, suburb of Porirua

In the United Kingdom:

• Ascot, Berkshire
  • North Ascot
  • South Ascot
• Ascott, Buckinghamshire
  • Ascott House
• Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire
• Ascott d'Oyley, Oxfordshire
• Ascott Earl, Oxfordshire

Finance

• Ascot (Finance): Asset Swapped Convertible Option Transaction (ASCOT)

Facilities

• Ascot Racecourse, a Berkshire, UK horse racing facility
  • Ascot Gold Cup, major race held at the Ascot racecourse.
• Ascot Racecourse, Western Australia, a horse racing facility
• Ascot Stadium, a facility in Gweru, Zimbabwe
• Ascot Park (speedway), a motor racing track in Los Angeles

Other uses

Ascot may also refer to:

• Ascot tie, a cravat with wide square ends
• Ascot (brand), a boot company
• Ascot cap, a distinctive cap with a rounded shape
• Ascot was the name of cars from two different short-lived British car companies:
  • Ascot (1904 automobile) operating in 1904
  • Ascot (1928 automobile) between 1928 and 1930
• Honda Ascot, both a 500cc motorcycle first produced in 1983, and a type of car first produced in 1993.
• Ascot (1914 automobile), a short-lived French automobile company
• Ascot (cigarettes) (אסקוט), a brand of cigarettes popular in Israel in the 1960s
• Ascot class minesweeper, alternative name of the Racecourse class minesweeper, a type of ship built in 1916
  • HMS Ascot (1916), one of the ships of this class
• Ascot, a genericised brand of instantaneous water heater

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