and the charity vacated in 2013, leading to a proposal for housing. Notable residents Reginald Dyer, the officer responsible for the Amritsar massacre in 1919, retired to Ashton Keynes and was living in the village at Ashton Fields at the time of his death in 1927. References External links Village community website Ashton Keynes Parish Council Ashton Keynes Village Hall Villages in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire Populated places on the River Thames