Ashley, Wiltshire

Description
Ashley, a parish in Wiltshire, near Akeman Street, 3 miles NE of Tetbury, and 4 from Kemble Junction on the G.W.R. Post town, Tetbury. Acres, 962; population, 80. The property is all in one estate; belonged formerly to the Gorges and the Hungerfords, and belongs now to the Estcourts. Part of the old mansion is standing, and is now used as a farmhouse. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; value, £210. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is ancient; the chancel arch and porch are Early Norman, and the arches and pillars dividing the nave from the south aisle Early English; there is a square embattled tower in the Perpendicular style; it contains a rude font, and a monument to the Gorges family; it was restored in 1858.