Ashford Carbonell Shropshire Family History Guide
Ashford Carbonell is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Shropshire, created in 1748 from a chapelry in Little Hereford, Herefordshire Ancient Parish.
Parish church: St Mary Magdalene
Parish registers begin: 1653
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ASHFORD-CARBONELL, a parish in Ludlow district, Salop; on the river Teme, near Wooferton r. station, 3 miles S by E of Ludlow. It has a post office under Ludlow. Acres, 1,478. Real property, £2,657. Pop., 282. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Little Hereford, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Ashford-Carbonell, a parish partly in the hund. of Munslow, and partly in that of Stottesden, union of Ludlow, county of Salop; 3 miles south-south-east from Ludlow. The Teme separates this parish from Ashford Bowdler. Living, a curacy subordinate to the rectory of Little Hereford, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the chancellor of the cathedral of Hereford; rated at £10, and en dowed with £800 royal bounty. Patron, the rector of Little Hereford. Pop., in 1801, 227; in 1831, 289. Houses 52. Acres 1,480. A P. £722. Poor rates, in 1837, £193.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Ashford-Carbonell, 2½ m. S.S.E. Ludlow. P. 266
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ASHFORD-CARBONELL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Ludlow, partly in the hundred of Munslow, but chiefly in that of Stottesden, S. division of Salop, 3¼ miles (S. S. E.) from Ludlow; containing 266 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Teme, and comprises about 1500 acres. There are stone-quarries. The road leading from Ashford-Bowdler north-eastward to Cainham intersects the parish; and the Leominster canal runs very near its southern extremity. On the bank of the Teme is the residence of Ashford Court. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Little Hereford: the tithes have been commuted for £325. The church stands a little to the north of Ashford Court.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Ashford Carbonel. A parish partly in the lower division of the hundred of Munslow, partly in the Cleobury division of the hundred of Stottesden, chapel to Hereford Parva, in the diocese of Hereford, the deanery of Ludlow, and archdeaconry of Leominster, a peculiar. 56 houses, 316 inhabitants. 3 miles south-east by south of Ludlow.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824
Poll Books
Ashford Carbonell Shropshire Poll Book 1865
Below are the names of those that voted in the election of July 1865 between Col. The Hon. P. E. Herbert, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. Jasper More, Esq.
Poll Book of the Election, July 1865 for the Southern Division of Shropshire.
Ludlow Polling District
Ashford Carbonel, Parish of
2233 Bale William Anthony
2234 Brown John
2235 Bowles John
2236 Carter John
2237 Collier James, see 2529
2238 Davies James
2239 Froggatt Thomas
2240 Haywood Thomas
2241 Johnson Herbert, see 2566
2242 Medlicott Thomas
2243 Roberts William
2244 Ricketts George
2245 Salway Alfred
2246 Small Edward
2247 Thompson William Smith
2248 Turner Richard
2249 Walker Charles Frederick
Ashford Carbonall The Shropshire Hearth Tax Roll 1672
Format = Name; Fireharths; ll. (Pounds); s. (shillings)
Stottesdon Hundred
William Dobles ; 2; 0; 4
Humphrey Lewis ; 1; 0; 2
Henry Dobles ; 1; 0; 2
Thomas James ; 1; 0; 2
Widdowe Lea ; 1; 0; 2
William Hill ; 1; 0; 2
George Brooke ; 1; 0; 2
Edmond Eaton ; 1; 0; 2
John Truden ; 1; 0; 2
William Truden ; 2; 0; 4
Edmond Cheese ; 4; 0; 8
Edmond Lea ; 3; 0; 6
Widdow Newton ; 4; 0; 8
John Morgan ; 1; 0; 2
William Hawton ; 1; 0; 2
Eliz. Lewis Wid. ; 2; 0; 4
William Aldwell ; 2; 0; 4
Richard Bould ; 1; 0; 2
Totals – Fireharths – 30; ll. (Pounds) – 3; s. (Shillings) – 0
Directories
Ashford Carbonell Cassey Directory of Shropshire 1871
Ashford Carbonell is a parish and village, three miles south-east from Ludlow, in the Southern division of the county, Lower division of Munslow hundred, Ludlow union, and diocese of Hereford. The church of St. Mary is a small stone structure, with a tower containing three bells. The living is a discharged rectory, annexed to that of Little Hereford, in the patronage of the Bishop of Worcester, joint annual value £230 (up to the close of 1868, since which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have made a grant of £120 a year for a resident curate.) The Rev. William Yates Foot, B.A., is the resident curate. The manorial rights are divided between Miss Hall and F. W. Pritchard, Esq. Miss Hall, John Carter, and F. W. Pritchard, Esqrs., are the principal landowners. Hugh Carbonel figures in the Nomina Villarum of March, 1316, as lord of the vill of Ashford. The soil is gravelly. The population in 1861 was 282, and the area is 1,478 acres; gross estimated rental, £3,045; rateable value, £2,583.
Letters through Ludlow, arrive at 7 45 a.m.; dispatched at 4 30 p.m.
Bale Capt. William, Ashford villa
Foot Rev. William Yates, B.A., Burnt house
Hall Miss, Ashford house
Mackay Mr. John
Pennant Hon. George Sholto Douglas, Ashford court
Salwey Alfred, esq., Temeside
Bathurst John, farmer
Blayney Arthur, farmer
Broome George, joiner and wheelwright
Brown John, farmer
Carter John, farmer, Brookhouse
Collier James, plumber
Davis James, carpenter
Froggatt Thomas, farmer, New house
Haywood Thomas, farmer, Huntingdon
Higginson Susan, farmer
Hughes John, farmer
Jones George, blacksmith
Jones Richard, wheelwright
Lowe Jane, farmer
Mackay Miss, boarding school
Medlicott Thomas, farmer
Preece Richard, shoe maker
Roberts William, farmer, Huntingdon
Small Edward, farmer, Serpent farm
Wadams Samuel, Bridge inn, and miller
Watkins James, farmer
Source: Edward Cassey & Co’s, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire 1871
Administration
- County: Shropshire
- Civil Registration District: Ludlow
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of the Choir of the Cathedral in Little Hereford and Ashford Carbonell
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Ludlow
- Poor Law Union: Ludlow
- Hundred: Munslow
- Province: Canterbury