Ash, Derbyshire

Ash is a small civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, with a population of 98 (2001 census). The parish includes scattered hamlets and Ashe Hall, the Tara Buddhist Centre.[1]

Ashe Hall

Ash
Ash parish highlighted within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK256327
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDERBY
Postcode districtDE65
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands

History

Ash was listed in the Domesday book as Ashe in the hundred of Appletree,[2] belonging to Henry de Ferrers[3] and being worth thirty shillings.[4] The village was still known as Ashe in 1646,[5] then after 1770 was usually written as Ash.[6]

References
  1. Established by meditation Master Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in Derbyshire in 1983 Tara Centre is a Kadampa Buddhist college and meditation centre, the building has 38 acres (150,000 m2) grounds and a tea room.
  2. Open Domesday Online: Ashe, accessed May 2018.
  3. Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Doveridge, Breaston, Duffield and Cowley.
  4. Ashe [sic] in Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.746
  5. Joan Blaeu (1646). "Map of Derbyshire". Old Maps Online. Joan Blaeu. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. A Modern MAP of DERBY SHIRE Drawn from the latest Surveys' by J. Ellis c.1765
    - "Map of Derbyshire LIV.NW. Revised: 1899 to 1900". Ordnance Survey. 1901. Retrieved 9 November 2021 – via National Library of Scotland.
    - "Map of Derbyshire LIV.NW. Surveyed: 1880 to 1881". Ordnance Survey. 1885. Retrieved 9 November 2021 – via National Library of Scotland.

52.892°N 1.620°W / 52.892; -1.620


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