Ash, Surrey
Historical Description
Ash, a village and a parish in Surrey, The village stands near the Basingstoke Canal and the Blackwater river, 2 miles NW of Hog's Back, and 4 NE of Farnham on the S.E.E., 35 miles from London. The parish includes also the tithing of Normandy and the hamlet-chapelry of Frimley. There is a post and money order office; the telegraph office is at Ash railway station. Acreage, 6324; population of the civil parish, 2544; of the ecclesiastical, 1835. The southern tracts are hilly. Ash Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; value, £338; patron, Winchester College. The church has a plain Norman doorway, and has been restored. The rectory of Frimley and the perpetual curacy of York-Town are separate charges. There are Wesleyan and Congregational chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Surrey | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Ash St. Peter | |
Hundred | Godley |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register of St. Peter's dates from the year 1549.
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Surrey History Centre, have images of the Parish Registers for Surrey online.
Churches
Church of England
St. Mary, Ash Vale
The church of St. Mary, Ash Vale, was built in 1906, at a cost of about £1,000, and will seat 250 persons.
St. Peter (parish church)
The church of St. Peter, originally Norman, is a building of flint, and has a tower with spire reaching a height of 100 feet and containing 5 bells: there are two brasses to the Manory family: the church was restored in 1865, at a cost of £3,000, and affords 300 sittings.
Methodist
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Ash Vale
Wesleyan Chapel, Ash Vale
Wesleyan Chapel, Ash Street
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ash from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ash (St. Peter))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Surrey is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Ash are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Surrey papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Surrey, 1662-1668 is available on the Heraldry page.