In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ash like this:
ASH, or Ash-next-Ridley, a parish in Dartford district, Kent; 6 miles S of Northfleet r. station, and 7 SSE of Dartford. It includes the hamlets of Hodsol-Street and West-York and part of Culverstone-Green; and it has a post office under Sevenoaks. Acres, 3,023. Real property, £4,761. Pop., 587. Houses, 132. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £548.* Patron, W. Lambarde, Esq. The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
Ash through time
Ash is now part of Tonbridge and Malling district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tonbridge and Malling has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ash itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ash, in Tonbridge and Malling and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3040
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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