The grade II listed [4] parish church of Saint Andrew's is also called "Ashingdon Minster".
Britain's first aerodrome was officially opened in February 1909 and it was used for developing and flying early fixed wing aeroplanes.
Henri Mignet, the French designer of the Mignet HM.14 Pou du Ciel ("Flying Flea") used to visit Ashingdon for business with Aero 8 at Canute Aero Park, because they were one of the largest producers and developers of the Pou du Ciel.
It crashed into the tall dense trees surrounding the churchyard and it came stuck intact in the branches at a height of about 10 metres (30 feet) above ground.
Early aviation pioneers and their aircraft that were developed at South Fambridge were: Eardley Billing, Gordon England, Green's Motor Patents, Handley Page, Lascelles Engines, Gerald Leake, Robert Macfie, W.O.
Manning, Pemberton Billing, De Pischoff & Koechlin, Seaton Kerr, Talbot Quick, Howard Wright, Jose Weiss.
Pudney, Henri Mignet, Frank Neale, Mervyn Chadwick, Lascelles Motors, Raymond Gordon and many others.
During the Second World War, a lot of flying activity took place over Ashingdon because it was so near the coast, it was 3 miles from RAF Rochford and it was under the route from Nazi-occupied Europe to London.
At least two RAF fighters crashed near the River Crouch, a German landmine landed in the River Crouch, several V1 flying bombs passed over the village, one exploded at Moons Farm and one failed to explode when it struck the sea-wall at Fambridge, and a USAAF B26 marauder bomber crashed near Moons Farm killing all on board.
Prince Georg, the cousin of King Frederik IX, a senior member of the Danish royal family visited Ashingdon in January 1951.
Prince Georg brought a flag of Denmark and a model of a Danish or Viking longship, an early sailing warship of the type used by King Canute (Knut) and his countrymen.
The Danish flag and the Viking longship both still hang inside Saint Andrew's Church.
Visits were made by Ashingdon villagers to Jelling in Denmark, the home of King Canute's family.