Ashley, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Ashley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire. In 1931 Ashley was transferred to Gloucestershire.

Parish church: St. James

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1658
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Ashley Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

Ashley, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1664-1812

Ashley, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Ashley, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938

Marriages at Ashley 1658-1812 Wiltshire Parish Registers Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and John Sadler. Vol. III. London: Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 124, Chancery Lane. 1906. – This volume of Phillimore’s Wiltshire Marriages is available free online from UK Genealogy Archive.

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Ashley, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1988

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASHLEY, a parish in the district of Tetbury and county of Wilts; near Akeman-street, 3 miles NE of Tetbury, and 4½ SSW of Tetbury Road r. station. Post Town, Tetbury. Acres, 946. Real property, with Newnton, £4,581. Pop., 90. Houses, 17. The property is all in one estate; belonged formerly to the Georges and the Hungerfords, and belongs now to the Estcorts. There is a large mansion, and there was formerly a market.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £220. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is ancient, with some arches round, others pointed, and a square embattled tower; contains a large rude font, and tomb of the Georges; and was repaired in 1858.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Ashley, 4½ miles N. Malmesbury. P. 96.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Tetbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Malmesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Tetbury
  • Hundred: Malmesbury
  • Province: Canterbury