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
editThe 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
edit- ^ "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
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Media related to Ash, Sevenoaks at Wikimedia Commons- Ash in the Domesday Book
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