Ashleyhay

Ashley Hay
Ashley Hay, looking towards Spout.
Ashleyhay parish highlighted within Derbyshire
Population118 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK291517
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMATLOCK
Postcode districtDE4
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire

Ashleyhay (Old English Enclosure at the ash-tree wood or clearing[1] ) is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England, about five miles north-west of Belper. It is also situated one and three-quarters of a mile south of Wirksworth and eleven miles north of Derby city centre. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 105, increasing to 118 at the 2011 Census.[2]

A map from the ordnance survey in the 20th century showing the location of Ashleyhay, Derbyshire
  1. ^ "Ashleyhay". Key to English Place-names. English Place Name Society at the University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.