Ashe, Hampshire

Ashe
Holy Trinity parish church
Ashe is located in Hampshire
Ashe
Ashe
Location within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU534499
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBasingstoke
Postcode districtRG25
Dialling code01256
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51°14′45″N 1°14′07″W / 51.2457°N 1.2354°W / 51.2457; -1.2354

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]

The Church of the Holy Trinity & St Andrew is a Grade II listed building.[3] It was rebuilt on the site of an older church by George Gilbert Scott Jr. in 1878. The young Jane Austen, who was born in nearby Steventon, had conncctions to the village via the Lefroy family.[4]

Toponym

The name comes from "ac" or "ache", a Celtic name for a spring or water source.[5]

Governance

The village is part of the Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[6] 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.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Population statistics Ashe CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Church of The Holy Trinity (Grade II) (1092690)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  4. ^ Banham, Helen L. (4 December 2013). "Holy Trinity Ashe". Hampshire History. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  5. ^ 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 Hampshire papers on the natural history and antiquities of the county and other miscellanea published and unpublished by the late T. W. Shore.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.
  6. ^ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  7. ^ "Relationships and changes Ashe CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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