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Ash is a village and
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in the far west of the
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, Surrey. Ash is on the eastern side of the River Blackwater, with a station on the Reading-Guildford-Gatwick line, and direct roads to
Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...
, Farnham and
Guildford Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...
. The 2011 census counted the residents of the main ward of Ash, which excludes
Ash Vale Ash Vale is a village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England and the larger, northern settlement of the civil parish of Ash. It is 7 miles (11 km) from Guildford but is closer to the Hampshire towns of Aldershot and Farnborough, the ...
, as 6,120. It is within the
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(the Blackwater Valley) and adjoins the riverside in the east of that large town; Ash has a small museum in the local cemetery chapel, a large secondary school and a library.


Localities

The southern part of the parish, including St. Peter's Church and Ash village, is on the
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; but the greater portion, once including
Frimley Frimley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. The town is of Saxon origin, although it is not listed in Domesday Book of 1086. Train services to Frimley (on the line between ...
, covers the western side of the ridge of Bagshot Sands, which is divided from Chobham Ridges by the dip through which the
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and railway run, and is known as Ash Common, Fox Hills and Claygate Common (now in Surrey Wildlife Trust and
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use).


Ash Green

Ash Green is the community closer to the
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, along which the east-west A31 runs, and has Whitegate Copse and arable fields as a green
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on all sides. The hamlet used to be served by . The railway station had two platforms and was situated on the Tongham branch of the Alton line before passenger services were withdrawn in 1937 along with station and ultimately the branch closed in 1960. Though the tracks have been long removed, the stretch of land from
Tongham Tongham is a village northeast of the town of Farnham in Surrey, England. The village's buildings occupy most of the west of the civil parish, adjoining the A31 and the A331. The boundaries take in Poyle Park in the east and the replacement to ...
through
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, where the route of the branch line still exists, is a popular attraction for cyclists and walkers. Ash Green Halt's station building, complete with its Southern Railway-style sign, still stands and has been converted into a house.


History

From the prehistoric period, a few neolithic implements have been found and these are now in the Surrey Archaeological Society's Museum at Guildford. There is no mention of a
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under Henley in Domesday Book, but it is certain that a mill existed at Ash from comparatively early times, for in 1322 the Abbot of Chertsey ordered a new windmill to be built at Ash. Windmills were comparatively new in England then, and it may have been in place of a small water-mill of earlier date. There seems no later record of it. The two manors existed. Ash (''Esche, 7th century; Asshe, Assche, 14th century'') shares with the other a prominent social history starting with at least the
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of the
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whose commissioners wrote "Azor granted art of Henley known as Ashfor his soul to Chertsey in the time of King William. Later a 1279 chartulary of
Chertsey Abbey Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey. It was founded in 666 AD by Saint Erkenwald who was the first abbot, and from 675 AD the Bishop of London. At the same time ...
records the prohibition of any perpetual title of institutions (as the Abbey states, vulgarly called the prohibition of
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) as led here to 11 acres in Ash with sufficient common pasture for his flocks and herds being held by Robert de Zathe, while Geoffrey de Bacsete ( Bagshot) and his brother William had 28 acres. The Atwaters of
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also held land in Ash. Nonetheless, from the church's
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, overall control passed from 1537 in the Dissolution of the Monasteries to
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. Henley, also seen as Henle, (14th century) and ''Suth henle and Henle on the Heth'' usually to distinguish
Henley on Thames Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, northeast of Reading, west of Maidenhead, southeast of Oxford and west of London (by road), near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Bucking ...
has hosted a long list of prominent figures. The de Henley, de Molyns , the crown as owner from Edward I to
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, Arthur Squib whose daughter married its next owner John Glynne, occupied briefly by the Duke of Roxburgh then via Glynne's granddaughter's husband, Sir Richard Child, created Earl of Tylney it then passed to ambassador and diplomat Solomon Dayrolles, upon whose death John Halsey bought it, whose family owned it from the 18th to 20th centuries. The church is dedicated to St Peter, which distinguishes it from the other English places named Ash; Ash, in Kent, near
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, has a church to St Peter and St Paul. Declared a parish, under
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, Ash was partly in the
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of Godley and partly in
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. It included in 1848
Frimley Frimley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. The town is of Saxon origin, although it is not listed in Domesday Book of 1086. Train services to Frimley (on the line between ...
(a chapelry) and
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so altogether at that time had 2,236 inhabitants. The parish was and is intersected by the
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and a branch of the
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and comprised, with Normandy in, about , of which were common or waste, see geology under
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, i.e. wet lowland heath; (and including Frimley, about 10,015 acres). The soil of Ash yielded sandstone, dug from its common, used for building for centuries; and: Young's poem is particularly noted for original adages such as "
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is the thief of time". Wyke near
Worplesdon Worplesdon is a village NNW of Guildford in Surrey, England and a large dispersed civil parish that includes the settlements of: Worplesdon itself (including its central church area, Perry Hill), Fairlands, Jacobs Well, Rydeshill and Wood S ...
was added to the parish in 1880, however has changed parish council to that of Normandy.


Significant homes and listed buildings

In 1911 Henley Park, and two houses in Normandy were recorded as significant historic homes. Henley Park estate can be traced back to the Domesday Book, when it was held by Azor, one of the guards of
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. The land was later owned by
Chertsey Abbey Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey. It was founded in 666 AD by Saint Erkenwald who was the first abbot, and from 675 AD the Bishop of London. At the same time ...
, who leased it to the de Henley family. The estate passed through many hands, including the English Civil War rebel, John Glynne MP. Later tenants included Lord Pirbright, who entertained King
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, and Sir Owen and Lady Roberts. During World War I, the house was used as an auxiliary hospital, and in the mid 20th century the estate was developed as a factory. It has since been restored to residential use. The following
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s can be found in the village: * St Peter's Church – Grade II* *Azor Place – Grade II *Tudor House – Grade II *Ashe Grange – Grade II *
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, Stable, Barn south of Ash Manor House – Grade II *York House – Grade II *Hartshorn – Grade II *92 Ash Street – Grade II *Ashmead House – Grade II *Merryworth – Grade II *Ash Manor / Old Manor Cottage – Grade II *The Post Office – Grade II *Memorial Chapel - Grade II


Education

In education, Ash has: *Ash Grange School *Walsh (
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) School * Shawfield School * Ash Manor School which is county supported and has 937 students aged 11–16.Ash Manor School
/ref> A museum occupies much of the large cemetery chapel. There is a
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library in the village with a helpdesk to assist also with the most common Guildford borough council services.


Youth outreach

The Normandy Youth Club sponsors community-based programs targeting youth in the area (especially marginal groups and minorities) for the purpose of increasing exposure to educational opportunities and building
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.''Award for Mother Who Transformed Her Village''
; 18 October 2010 article; Get Surrey the website of the
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and Surrey Herald; retrieved 30 January 2013.
Since the closure of 2nd Ash Scout Group in 2010, 1st Ash Vale is the only local Scout group in Ash (for
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, Cubs and
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), and the Local
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group i
Hybrid Explorer Scouts.


Sport and leisure

Ash United is the local football club, which currently plays in the
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Division 1. The club is on Youngs Drive, opposite Shawfield Park.


Transport

There is a frequent bus service through Ash, The Kite, linking Ash to Guildford and Aldershot. There are other, less frequent, bus services connecting to Farnborough, and Camberley. The parish is also served by station with a direct service and the Guildford to Ascot line along with and stations, both located within the parish, with direct services to Reading, Guildford, Redhill and Gatwick. The
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passes through the north of the village.


Famous residents

*of Ashe Grange: **
Frederick Hammersley Frederick Hammersley (January 5, 1919 – May 31, 2009) was an American abstract painter. His participation in the 1959 '' Four Abstract Classicists'' exhibit secured his place in art history. Early years Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt ...
, owner *of Henley Park (house): ** John Glynne, owner ** Solomon Dayrolles, diplomat, owner **Henry de Worms, 1st Lord Pirbright,
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, tenant **Sir
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, pioneer of
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, tenant *
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*
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, author of ''
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'' and ''
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'' novels lived in Ash for 11 years


Demography and housing

The proportion of households in Ash Wharf, the central ward, who owned their home outright was 1.3% above the regional average. The proportion who owned their home with a loan was 3.7% above the regional average; providing overall a marginally lower proportion than average of rented residential property relative to that in
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, the district and the national average. The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%. In terms of ethnicity, Ash is relatively homogeneous. 94.8% of residents identified as white at the 2011 Census, higher than the overall figures for the Guildford district (90.9%), Surrey (90.4%), or the UK as a whole (87.2%). However, there is a significant Traveller community in the parish, who live both on specialist sites as well as in local housing estates. Some local schools employ specialist staff to improve cohesion with this group.


Politics

Ash is in Surrey Heath constituency, which since its inception been won by the
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. Local government is administered by
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and
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. At
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, one of the 81 representatives represents the area within the ''Ash'' division.Electoral Divisions
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At
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two wards are deemed appropriate, represented under the current constitution by two to three councillors.Your local councillors
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. Retrieved 21 November 2013


Localities


See also

* Ash Cemetery *
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Notes and references

;notes ;references * Jenkinson, S. (1990). ''Ash and Ash Vale – A Pictorial History'', Chichester: Phillimore. .


External links


Ash Residents AssociationAsh Parish NewsAsh Parish Council

Stained Glass Windows at St. Peter Ash, Surrey

Stained Glass Windows at Store (former chapel) Ash, Cemetery, Surrey
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