Ash, Derbyshire Explained

Country:	England
Static Image Name:	Derbyshire UK parish map highlighting Ash.svg
Static Image Caption:	Ash parish highlighted within Derbyshire
Scale:	20000
Map Type:	Derbyshire
Official Name:	Ash
Shire District:	South Derbyshire
Shire County:	Derbyshire
Region:	East Midlands
Post Town:	DERBY
Postcode District:	DE65
Postcode Area:	DE
Os Grid Reference:	SK256327

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]

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

52.892°N -1.62°W

Notes and 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 38acres grounds and a tea room.
2. http://opendomesday.org/place/SK2632/ashe/ Open Domesday Online: Ashe
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. p.746
5. Web site: Map of Derbyshire. 1646 . Joan Blaeu. Old Maps Online . Joan Blaeu. 9 November 2021.
6. A Modern MAP of DERBY SHIRE Drawn from the latest Surveys' by J. Ellis c.1765
   - Web site: Map of Derbyshire LIV.NW. Revised: 1899 to 1900.. Ordnance Survey . 1901 . National Library of Scotland. 9 November 2021.
   - Web site: Map of Derbyshire LIV.NW. Surveyed: 1880 to 1881.. Ordnance Survey . 1885 . National Library of Scotland. 9 November 2021.