# Asheridge > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Asheridge > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Asheridge.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheridge > Source revision: 1295112886 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Buckinghamshire, England Not to be confused with [Ashridge](/source/Ashridge). Human settlement in England Asheridge Blue Ball pub, Asheridge Asheridge Location within Buckinghamshire OS grid reference SP9304 Unitary authority Buckinghamshire Ceremonial county Buckinghamshire Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Chesham Postcode district HP5 Police Thames Valley Fire Buckinghamshire Ambulance South Central UK Parliament Chesham and Amersham List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°43′49″N 0°38′29″W / 51.7304°N 0.6415°W / 51.7304; -0.6415 **Asheridge** (recorded **Esserugge** in the 13th century) is a small village in the [parish](/source/Parish) of [Chartridge](/source/Chartridge), in [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire), England. Prior to 1898 it was part of [Chesham](/source/Chesham) parish. It is situated in the [Chiltern Hills](/source/Chiltern_Hills), about two and a half miles north west of [Chesham](/source/Chesham), 5 miles from [Great Missenden](/source/Great_Missenden) and 6 miles from [Wendover](/source/Wendover). The village name is probably of [Old English](/source/Old_English) origin but its meaning is uncertain. It may denote, *Eastern* or *Ash tree Ridge*, referring to the situation of the village on the ridge of a hill or could derive from previous associations with the manor of nearby [Aston Clinton](/source/Aston_Clinton). Matilda de Esserugge is recorded as having connections with [Missenden Abbey](/source/Missenden_Abbey) in the mid-13th century.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Another suggestion is that the name derives from the Old English *æsc* and *hrycg*, and meant ‘long hill covered with ash trees.’[1] Asheridge Farmhouse is of 16th-century origin. In 1848 Asheridge is recorded as having a population of 129. A school and congregational church were established there during the latter part of the 19th century and records show they were still in existence in 1891. The Blue Ball public house which was at the centre of the settlement at that time is still in business today.[2] On 5 March 1945 an [Avro Lancaster](/source/Avro_Lancaster) PB745 crashed in fields near Asheridge. The seven crew of the aircraft were drawn from the [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) and the [Royal Australian Air Force](/source/Royal_Australian_Air_Force). There was only one survivor, the [rear gunner](/source/Rear_gunner), William Hart. A memorial service and dedication of a plaque took place on 13 May 2012.[3] [Aneurin (Nye) Bevan](/source/Aneurin_Bevan), [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) [Minister](/source/Secretary_of_State_(United_Kingdom)) responsible for the establishment of the [National Health Service](/source/National_Health_Service) and his wife [Jennie Lee](/source/Jennie_Lee%2C_Baroness_Lee_of_Asheridge), also a Minister in the same Labour Government and a key figure in the creation of the [Open University](/source/Open_University), came to live at Asheridge Farm in 1954. After the death of her husband in 1960, Lee continued to live there until moving to London in 1968. She became Baroness Lee of Asheridge in 1970.[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Field, John (1980). *Place-names of Great Britain and Ireland*. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. p. 26. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0389201545](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0389201545). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [6964610](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/6964610). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [British History Online - Victorian History of Buckinghamshire Volume 3 - Chesham](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42547&strquery=chesham) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Lancaster Crew Memorial Service: Asheridge, Buckinghamshire 13 May 2012](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_yEUszkei0), YouTube, Accessed 3 October 2012 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Papers of Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge](https://archive.today/20120723081358/http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0609jlee.html) - [Early Buckinghamshire Charters by Dr Herbert R.G. Fowler & J. G.Jenkins Records of the Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society Vol 3 page 48 1939](http://www.bucksvoice.net/brs/assets/documents/brs-vol-03) Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Asheridge](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Asheridge). v t e Chiltern (former district) Buckinghamshire Unitary Council elections County Council elections District Council elections Chesham and Amersham Constituency Towns (component areas and hamlets) Amersham Woodrow Chesham Asheridge Vale Botley Chesham Vale Chessmount Codmore Great Hivings Hilltop Loundes Lye Green Newtown Pednormead End Pond Park Townsend Waterside Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets) Ashley Green Ashley Green Whelpley Hill Chalfont St Giles Bottrells Close Chalfont Grove Chalfont St Giles Jordans Stratton Chase Chalfont St Peter Austenwood Chalfont Common Layters Green Chartridge Asheridge Bellingdon Chartridge Hundridge Pednor Pednor Bottom Chenies Chesham Bois Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards Buckland Common Cholesbury Hawridge St Leonards Coleshill Great Missenden Ballinger Ballinger Bottom Ballinger Common Bryant's Bottom Frith-hill Great Missenden Heath End Hotley Bottom Hyde End Little Wood Corner Mobwell Prestwood South Heath Latimer and Ley Hill Latimer Ley Hill Orchard Leigh Tyler's Hill Little Chalfont Little Missenden Beamond End Holmer Green Hyde Heath Little Kingshill Little Missenden Mantles Green Mop End Spurlands End Penn Beacon Hill Forty Green Knotty Green Penn Penn Bottom Penn Street Winchmore Hill Seer Green The Lee Lee Clump Lee Common Lee Gate Hunt's Green Potter Row Swan Bottom The Lee Former districts and boroughs Amersham Rural District Chesham Urban District Former constituencies Buckinghamshire County Constituency Amersham Constituency List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Asheridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheridge) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheridge?action=history)). 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