Ashleyhay

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.

20p., and includes the chapelries of Alderwasley and Cromford; the townships of Ashley-Hay, Biggin, Hopton, Ible, and Idridgehay with Allton; and the hamlets of Callow, Ivonbrook-Grange, and Middleton."

According to the website A Vision of Britain Through Time, Ashleyhay changed from its Township status to Civil Parish level after 1886.

[2] As the Bar chart shows, in 1881 the vast majority of males (44) in Ashleyhay were employed in Agriculture of some variety.

[10] On the Southern edge of Ashleyhay's border is a hill called the Alport Height, at its summit this area of high ground is over 300meters above sea level.

[11] The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway runs through the west side of Ashleyhay on its path from Wirksworth to Duffield.

A map from the ordnance survey in the 20th century showing the location of Ashleyhay, Derbyshire
Total Population of Ashleyhay Civil Parish, Derbyshire, as reported by the population census from 1881–2011
Bar Chart displaying occupational structure of Ashleyhay in 1881.
The Alport Stone, stands just below the summit of Alport Height, near Ashleyhay