Ash, Sevenoaks District

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	Ash Location within Kent
OS grid reference	TQ600644
Civil parish	Ash-cum-Ridley;
District	Sevenoaks;
Shire county	Kent;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sevenoaks
Postcode district	TN15
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Sevenoaks;
	List of places UK England Kent 51°21′22″N 0°17′49″E / 51.356°N 0.297°E

Ash is a small village and former civil parish located in the Sevenoaks district in Kent. It shares the parish of Ash-cum-Ridley with the nearby village of Ridley. The London Golf Club is located in the village, which hosted the European Open on the PGA European Tour in 2008 and 2009. In 1951 the parish had a population of 1017.^[1]

Ash and Ridley were formerly separate parishes. Both were part of Dartford Rural District and Axstane Hundred.

History

The name "Ash" comes from ash trees.^[2] On 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and become parts of the parishes of Ash cum Ridley and West Kingsdown.^[3]

References

^ "Population statistics Ash CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Ash Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Dartford Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

External links

Media related to Ash, Sevenoaks at Wikimedia Commons
Ash in the Domesday Book

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[1] "Population statistics Ash CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[2] "Ash Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[3] "Dartford Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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