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Ash (South Tawton), Devon

Historical Description

Ash, a hamlet in South Tawton parish, Devon, 4½ miles ESE of Okehampton. Ash House in the vicinity, now a ruin, was a seat of the Drakes, and the birthplace, in 1650, of the mother of the Duke of Marlborough.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyDevon 
Civil parishThrowley 
HundredWonford 
Poor Law unionOakhampton 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ash (South Tawton) from the following:

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