Ashley is a place name derived from the

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words '' æsċ'' (“ash”) and '' lēah'' (“meadow”). It may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Ashley (given name) Ashley is a given name which was originally an Old English surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with ...

, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Ashley (surname), a list of people * Ashley (singer) (born 1975), Puerto Rican singer * Ashley, South Korean singer and leader of Ladies' Code * Ashley, a character from the ''

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'' video game series.

Places

Australia

* Ashley, New South Wales

England

* Ashley, Cambridgeshire * Ashley, Cheshire * Ashley, Dorset, a settlement in St Leonards and St Ives parish * Ashley, Gloucestershire * Ashley, East Hampshire * Ashley, New Forest, Hampshire * Ashley, Test Valley, Hampshire *

Ashley, Kent Ashley (also known, signposted and marked on some maps as Sutton) is a hamlet located in the parish of Sutton, some five miles (8 km) north of Dover on the summit of Gaggs Hill in Kent, England. Ashley runs almost seamlessly into the nei ...

* Ashley, Northamptonshire * Ashley, Staffordshire * Ashley, Wiltshire *

Ashley (Bristol ward) Ashley is an Wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the city of Bristol, England. It is represented by three members on Bristol City Council, which are Abdul Malik, Izzy Russell and Tim Wye, all members of the Green Party of England a ...

Ashley Heath Ashley Heath is a village in Dorset, England, adjacent to the villages of St Leonards and St Ives, with which it forms the civil parish of St Leonards and St Ives. Ashley Heath is located north-east of Bournemouth Bournemouth ( ) is ...

, Dorset

New Zealand

Ashley, New Zealand Ashley is a small town in North Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand. It used to have a railway station on the Main North Line that runs through the village. Education Ashley Rakahuri School is Ashley's only school, and was establis ...

Ashley (New Zealand electorate) Ashley was a New Zealand electorate situated north of Christchurch. It was in use from 1866 to 1902, and was replaced with the Hurunui electorate. Population centres In the 1865 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives focussed i ...

, a former electorate 1866–1902 **

Ashley River / Rakahuri The Ashley River (; officially Ashley River / Rakahuri) is in the Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury region of New Zealand. It flows generally southeastwards for before entering the Pacific Ocean at Waikuku Beach, Pegasus Bay north of Christc ...

, which flows past the settlement in Canterbury

United States

Ashley County, Arkansas Ashley County is a rural South Arkansas county with a culture, economy, and history based on timber and agriculture. Created as Arkansas's 52nd county on November 30, 1848, Ashley County has seven incorporated municipality, municipalities, incl ...

Ashley, Illinois Ashley is a city in Washington County, Illinois, United States. The population was 462 at the 2020 census. The village was named after Colonel L. W. Ashley, a railroad division engineer. Geography According to the 2010 census, Ashley has a ...

Ashley, Indiana Ashley is a town in Indiana located on the border of Smithfield Township, DeKalb County and Steuben Township, Steuben County. The population was 1,026 at the 2020 census. History Ashley was platted and incorporated on July 18, 1892 when the ...

Ashley, Michigan Ashley is a village in Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 508 at the 2020 census. The village is located in the northwest corner of Elba Township. No major state trunkline runs through the village, although M- ...

Ashley, Missouri Ashley is a census-designated place in Pike County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of 94 in the 2020 census. It is located on Route 161, approximately six miles south of Bowling Green. Ashley was plat In the United States ...

* Ashley, North Dakota * Ashley, Ohio *

Ashley, Pennsylvania Ashley is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes Barre. The population was 2,588 at the 2020 census. History Ashley was first settled in 1830. Forty years later, in 1870 ...

* Ashley, West Virginia * Ashley, Wisconsin * Ashley River, South Carolina

Music

* "Ashley", a 2008 song from '' This War Is Ours'' by Escape the Fate * "Ashley", a 2008 song from '' Visiter'' by The Dodos * "Ashley", a 2012 song from ''

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'' by Green Day * "Ashley", a 2013 song from ''

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'' by Big Sean * "Ashley", a 2020 song from '' Manic'' by Halsey

Other uses

Ashley (automobile) Ashley were manufacturers of body shells and chassis for kit car, specials from 1955 to 1962. They also offered a range of products for special builds: radiators, header tanks, lighting sets, steel tubing, sheet aluminium, various suspension par ...

, a kit car manufactured in England from 1954 to 1962 * Ashley (restaurant), a South Korean restaurant chain * Ashley Furniture, an American furniture company * Ashley Script, a typeface created by Ashley Havinden * Ashley Treatment, a controversial treatment for static encephalopathy *

Corbett v Corbett ''Corbett v Corbett (otherwise Ashley)'' is a 1970 family law divorce case heard between November and December 1969 by the High Court of England and Wales in which Arthur Corbett sought annulment of his marriage to April Ashley. Corbett had k ...

, otherwise Ashley , 1970 English transsexual divorce case * Storm Ashley, 2024 storm in north-western Europe