Ash, Hartley (Sevenoaks), Kent :: The British Place Names Website

Other current and historical names

Eisse
Ash Next Ridley

Built-Up Area: Hartley (Sevenoaks)
Parish/Community: Ash-cum-Ridley
District/Borough: Sevenoaks
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°21'24"N 0°17'39"E
Eastings/Northings: 559850, 164483
OS Grid: TQ598644
Mapcode Local: GBR Y6.6X1
Mapcode Global: VHHPG.15Z4

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ash within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ash in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ash.-- par., W. Kent, 8 miles SE. of Dartford, 3074 ac., pop. 632; P.O.

Ash in the Domesday Book

A village in Axton hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godric; Men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men (subinfeudated); Richard of Tonbridge (subinfeudated); Hugh of Port (subinfeudated); King William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £9 6/12 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 slaves; 4 female slaves; 1 men-at-arm
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 pig pastures

British Place Names

Ash, Kent

Ash is a village in Hartley (Sevenoaks), Kent

Ash in historic gazetteers

Ash in the Domesday Book