ashpit

Meanwhile the police court seems to me as necessary a part of our equipment as a sewage works or an ashpit.
The Law and the Poor|Edward Abbott Parry
It is composed of a double cylinder of copper or cast-iron l, l, having a grate b (see plan), an ashpit at d (section).
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Children—and sometimes old children—think that a little hag resides in the ashpit beside the fire.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce
You was starin' up at the sky at a lark—I was going to the ashpit—and I heard you say softly to yourself, 'Bird, thou never wert.'
Dimbie and I--and Amelia|Mabel Barnes-Grundy

Oak drew a slow breath, looked sadly into the bright ashpit, and seemed lost in thoughts not of the most hopeful hue.
Far from the Madding Crowd|Thomas Hardy