Ashe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Overton,[1] in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. The River Test commonly rises in the village. In 1931 the parish had a population of 174.[2]
| Ashe | |
|---|---|
 Holy Trinity parish church | |
  Ashe Location within Hampshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU534499 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Basingstoke |
| Postcode district | RG25 |
| Dialling code | 01256 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Toponym
editThe name comes from "ac" or "ache", a Celtic name for a spring or water source.[3]
Governance
editThe village is part of the Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[4] The borough council is a non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.
On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Overton and Steventon.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ "Population statistics Ashe CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ Shore, T W (1911). "Overton and its neighbourhood" (PDF). Shore memorial volume. Hampshire papers on the natural history and antiquities of the county and other miscellanea published and unpublished by the late T. W. Shore. Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Ashe CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
External links
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Media related to Ashe, Hampshire at Wikimedia Commons- Ashe in the Domesday Book
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