Assheton (pronounced Ashton) is an English name deriving from Ashton-under-Lyne (formerly spelt Assheton or Asheton). It may refer to:

• Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (1730–1820), British Tory politician
• Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe (1850–1911), British naval officer
• Assheton Gorton (1930–2014), English production designer
• Assheton Pownall (priest) (1823–1886), Archdeacon of Leicester
• Sir Assheton Pownall (1877–1953), British Tory politician

• Assheton (surname)

• Assheton baronets
• Assheton-Smith baronets

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