In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashley like this:
ASHLEY, a township in Bowdon parish, Cheshire; on the Knutsford and Altrincham railway, near the river Bollin, 2½ miles S of Altrincham. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Manchester. Acres, 2,173. Real property, £3,900. Pop., 375. Houses, 59. Ashley Hall was a place of councils against the canse of the rebellion in 1715. A school church was built in 1864; and a Wesleyan chapel in 1839.
Ashley through time
Ashley is now part of Macclesfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Macclesfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ashley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashley, in Macclesfield and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2088
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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