In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashe like this:
ASHE, or Ash, a hamlet in Musbury parish, Devon; 2½ miles SW of Axminster. An old mansion here, now a farmhouse, was the birthplace, in 1650, of John Churchill, the famous Duke of Marlborough.
Additional information about this locality is available for Musbury
Ashe through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Ashe has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of East Devon. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Ashe and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashe in East Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26048
Date accessed: 24th May 2013
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