Ashton Hayes
a village in Cheshire England |
This is not an official website
for Ashton Hayes but has been compiled for my own
information and interest. It has been published since 1999, I hope that other
people will find it useful.
Ashton Hayes is a village in the rural area of Chester in the county of
Cheshire in the
Northwest of
England. This
village website
is being rather slow to take off, but
it is gradually becoming useful.
Here are a few
photographs
taken around the village.
It recently changed its name from Ashton. A
Guardian article explains the reasons for the change.
The village is in the parish of Ashton Hayes
which includes
Ashton
Hayes,
Mouldsworth
and
Horton
cum Peel.
It is mentioned in the
Domesday
Book. You can now search and download images
online for a small fee at the National Archives
Domesday
site
A rough translation of the entry for Ashton
is:
In Riseton hundred Richard de Vernon holds
Ashton. Toret held it and he was a free man.
There are four hides that pay geld. There is land
for five ploughs. In the demesne there is one
plough and two slaves and two villeins and two
radmen and three bordars with two ploughs. There
is a wood half a league long and one acre wide.
In the time of King Edward it was worth sixteen
shillings, now it is worth twenty shillings. He
found it waste.
There is other
historical information at
British History
Online
There is a photograph of the Ashton
War Memorial with a list of those
commemorated on it on Carls's Cam:
a collection of pictures of Cheshire for family
history hunters.
Note that there are fourteen men who died in
the Great
War. According to the Census, in 1911 the
entire population of the village was 421.
There is some information about Ashton Hayes and other
villages in
Cheshire Townships before 1974
Ashton Hayes is aiming to be England's first carbon neutral village.
For details, go to the
Ashton Hayes:
Going Carbon Neutral
Project Webpage
This is a modern Map
of Ashton Hayes.
You can see an 1881 map at Old Maps.
This map and other maps of Cheshire can be found
via the site's County Gazetteer.
Local
Emergency Services
Other local services can now be found by using the
Google Local website or Yahoo Local
Ashton Hayes has a general store with a Post
Office and in store bakery. There is a cash machine in the
shop.
The local pub,
the Golden Lion serves traditional English
food.
Other local amenities can be found in Ashton Hayes's
nearest neighbour
Mouldsworth
The Goshawk
pub opposite the Railway Station serves meals.
Mouldsworth is also home to the
Mouldsworth
Motor Museum
Other shops, pubs, businesses and services can be
found in the larger neighbouring village of
Kelsall
Another
Kelsall
website has been compiled by the
Kelsall Community
Primary School.
Other services can be found
a little further away in
Tarvin and Tarporley
Tarporley now has its own
Podcast.
Visitors can download an audio file or
listen online.
Find about local health services by typing in
your postcode at the
Find Services in your Community section of the
NHS Choices
website
For accidents and emergencies, the nearest
hospital is the Countess
of Chester but the
Tarporley
War Memorial Hospital has a 24-hour 7-day
minor injuries service run by nurses, with
support from GPs when they are in the hospital.
Drs Rowland, Taylor and Gleek have a branch surgery in the
village
The Cheshire Fire
Service Website: has information and safety tips
The
Chester branch of the
Citizens
Advice Bureau has a
Rural
Advice service
Ashton Hayes is in the
Eddisbury Parliamentary Constituency. The Member of Parliament
is Stephen O'Brien. His
website includes
information about the Eddisbury Constituency, and contact
details. Other local political groups are the
Liberal Democrats [the
local group website seems to have vanished] and the local
Conservative and Labour
organisations. The nearest vet is
M.K. Christian. The Firs,
Dog Lane, Kelsall. (01829 751500)
The village is about five miles from Chester and is
close to
Delamere Forest. Here are some photographs
of the Forest. There are several pleasant walks
in the area including the Sandstone
Trail
You can find out about Property Prices, Top
Schools, Crime Figures, Council Performance,
Local Services and other information about the
area by typing in your postcode at UpMyStreet.
Postcodes for Ashton begin CH3 8.
Local planning applications can be found on the
UK Planning website
For a local weather forecast, go to the
BBC Weather Centre
and enter your postcode.
There is other information at the
Neighbourhood
Statistics site based on the 2001
Census: type in your postcode to obtain
statistics about the local area.
The Woodland
Trust has recently created a wild flower meadow as part of
Wheeldon Copse
at Maidens Cross, Alvanley, not far from Ashton Hayes.
Ashton
Hayes :Mobile Library times and
locations
- Local News, Sport & Events in Cheshire can be
found at the
Cheshire Communities website.- Local Newspapers
- Chester
Evening Leader
- Chester
Standard
- Chronicle
Newspapers Online
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Liverpool
Daily Post
-
Liverpool
Echo
- Manchester
Evening News
- Local Radio
- BBC
Radio Merseyside
- Classic Gold
Marcher
- Local Television
- BBC
North West Tonight: you can now see the latest
edition online
- Granada
Television
- National and International News
- Links to National
and International News Websites
- Links to Television
and Radio
- BBC
Inside Out North West
- BBC
Where I Live: local news,
entertainment and debate
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