ASHLEY, a parish in the northern division of the
hundred of PIREHILL, county of STAFFORD, 7 miles
(N. W.) from Eccleshall, containing 729 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Stafford,
and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the
king's books at £10. 2. 85., and in the patronage of
T. Kinnersley, Esq. The church is dedicated to St.
John the Baptist.