Ashley

Other current and historical names

Esselie
Ashley Cum Silverley

Built-Up Area: Ashley
Parish/Community: Ashley
District/Borough: East Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°13'36"N 0°29'4"E
Eastings/Northings: 569797, 261638
OS Grid: TL697616
Mapcode Local: GBR PCK.9BT
Mapcode Global: VHJGR.C918

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

Ashley in historic gazetteers

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

Ashley-cum-Silverley, par., on E. border of Cambridgeshire, 4 miles SE. of Newmarket, 2143 ac., pop. 485; contains Ashley P.O.

Ashley in the Domesday Book

A village in Cheveley hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin son of Alfwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Everard son of Brian (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 12 pigs

British Place Names

Ashley, Cambridgeshire

Ashley is a village in Ashley , Cambridgeshire

Ashley in historic gazetteers

Ashley in the Domesday Book