History of Ashen

St. Augustine of Canterbury church, Ashen
©Robert Edwards
Photograph by kind permission of Robert Edwards,
contributor to the Geograph Project

White's Directory of Essex 1848

ASHEN, a small village on the bold acclivity on the south side of the river Stour, 2½ miles South West of Clare, has in its >>more.

White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.

Post Office Directory of Essex 1874

Post Office Directory of Essex 1874 - list of inhabitants.

More local history sources

Books featuring Ashen from Abebooks. Just click the logo. The search terms are already formatted for Ashen.

Search for Ashen census returns at ancestry.co.uk.

1841 England Census | 1851 England Census | 1861 England Census
1871 England Census | 1881 England Census | 1891 England Census
1901 England Census

The Essex Record Office: an excellent starting point for research. The ERO has an online catalogue by the name of SEAX and a database of Parish Records held in the ERO. Access to both via their home page.

Haverhill Family History's transcription of the 1891 census for Ashen.

1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 005, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).

Ordnance Survey - type the place name in the gazetteer search box to view detailed map of Ashen.

Images of England web site which has a photographic record of England's listed buildings - from the grandest house to the humblest cottage. Enter the town or village in the search box. Photographs are accompanied by a detailed architectural description of the property.