Ashen, Essex

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Ashen is a village in Essex

Other current and historical names

Asce

Parish/Community: Ashen
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°3'2"N 0°32'48"E
Eastings/Northings: 574735, 242205
OS Grid: TL747422
Mapcode Local: GBR PFS.F27
Mapcode Global: VHJHK.FQG9

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

Ashen in historic gazetteers

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

Ashen, par., NE. Essex, on verge of co., 3¼ miles NW. of Yeldham ry. sta., 1514 ac. (6 water), pop. 228.

Ashen in the Domesday Book

A village in Hinckford hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 15/- in 1070; £1 15/- in 1086
- Households: 6 smallholders
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Mills: 1

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British Place Names

Ashen, Essex

Ashen is a village in Essex

Ashen in historic gazetteers

Ashen in the Domesday Book