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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashley like this:
ASHLEY, a parish in Stockbridge district, Hants; 2 miles E of the Andover railway, and 7 W of Winchester. Post Town, Stockbridge under Winchester. Acres, 1,857. Real property, £1,811. Pop., 104. Houses, 24. The property is subdivided. There are vestiges of Roman camps, and a Danish entrenchment. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £329.* Patron, the Rev. James Hannay. The church is Norman, has a very small chancel arch, and was restored in 1858.
Ashley is now part of TEST VALLEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how TEST VALLEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ashley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashley, in Test Valley and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3074
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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