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ASHLEY:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835.

[Transcribed information from A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1835] (unless otherwise stated)

"ASHLEY, a parish in the hundred of CHEVELEY, county of CAMBRIDGE, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Newmarket, containing, with the parish of Silverley, 351 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with the vicarage of Silverley annexed, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 8, and in the patronage of the Earl of Guilford. The church is dedicated to St. Mary."

"SILVERLEY, a hamlet in the parish of Ashley, in the hundred of CHEVELEY, county of CAMBRIDGE, 3 miles (E.) from Newmarket. The population is returned with the parish of Ashley. The living is a vicarage, united to the rectory of Ashley, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £7. 17. 3. The church is dedicated to All Saints."