Ash, Derbyshire

Civil parish in Derbyshire, England

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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

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°53′31″N 1°37′12″W / 52.892°N 1.620°W / 52.892; -1.620


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