ASHWELL, a parish in the hundred of ALSTOE,
county of RUTLAND, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Oakham,
containing 220 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of
Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £20.16.3.,
and in the patronage of Viscount Do'wne. The church
is dedicated to St. Mary.