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.