ASH, a parish in the hundred of AXTON-DARTFORD-AND-WILMINGTON,
lathe of SUTTON at HONE, county
of KENT, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Wrotham, containing
505 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester, rated in the
king's books at £Q. 18. 4., and in the patronage of M.
Lambard, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Peter
and St. Paul. In 1735, the Rev. Samuel Attwood bequeathed
a rent-charge of £22. 10., and, in 1811, James
Lance gave one of £ 10.10., towards the endowment of
a free school, which is now united to a school on the
Madras system. Girls are educated at a separate school,
supported by voluntary contribution.