Ashreigny or King's Ash parish includes the hamlets of Riddlecombe and Great Hayes, and is in the Torrington union, county court district, Southmolton petty sessional division, Northern division of the county, Barnstaple archdeaconry, Chulmleigh rural deanery, and North Tawton hundred. The parish had 786 inhabitants (403 males, 383 females) in 1871, living in 165 houses, on 5663 acres of land. J.G. Johnson, Esq., M.P. is the lord of the manor formerly belonging to the Reigny and other families, but part of the soil is held by Earl Portsmouth and a few smaller owners.
