Ashe, Hampshire Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Ashe Church.jpg
Static Image Caption:Holy Trinity parish church
Coordinates:51.2457°N -1.2354°W
Official Name:Ashe
Civil Parish:Overton
Shire District:Basingstoke and Deane
Shire County:Hampshire
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:North West Hampshire
Post Town:Basingstoke
Postcode District:RG25
Postcode Area:RG
Dial Code:01256
Os Grid Reference:SU534499

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. 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.[3]

Toponym

The name comes from "ac" or "ache", a Celtic name for a spring or water source.[4]

Governance

The village is part of the Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[5] 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.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire . 2008 . 5 April 2011.
  2. Web site: Population statistics Ashe CP/AP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 13 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Holy Trinity Ashe . Helen L. . Banham . 4 December 2013 . Hampshire History . 3 December 2024.
  4. Web site: Overton and its neighbourhood. 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 Hampshire papers on the natural history and antiquities of the county and other miscellanea published and unpublished by the late T. W. Shore.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. T W. Shore. 1911. 29 November 2024.
  5. Web site: Basingstoke and Deane Wards info . 2010 . 5 April 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101024232035/http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/council/councillors/wardsinfo.htm . 24 October 2010 .
  6. Web site: Relationships and changes Ashe CP/AP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 13 May 2023.