# Ashley Green > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ashley_Green > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ashley_Green.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Green > Source revision: 1295113210 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Buckinghamshire, England This article is about the location in England. For the actress, see [Ashley Greene](/source/Ashley_Greene). For the Australian rules footballer, see [Ashley Green (footballer)](/source/Ashley_Green_(footballer)). Human settlement in England Ashley Green St John the Evangelist Parish Church Ashley Green Location within Buckinghamshire Population 980 (2011, including Orchard Leigh)[1] OS grid reference SP9705 Civil parish Ashley Green Unitary authority Buckinghamshire Ceremonial county Buckinghamshire Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town CHESHAM Postcode district HP5 Dialling code 01442 Police Thames Valley Fire Buckinghamshire Ambulance South Central UK Parliament Chesham and Amersham List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°44′N 0°35′W / 51.73°N 00.59°W / 51.73; -00.59 **Ashley Green** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire), England. The parish is on the boundary with [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire), midway between [Chesham](/source/Chesham) and [Berkhamsted](/source/Berkhamsted). Originally a [hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(UK_place)) within Chesham parish, its [toponym](/source/Toponymy) is derived from the [Old English](/source/Old_English) for *Ash Field*, referring to the forest that once covered this part of the [Chiltern Hills](/source/Chiltern_Hills). ## Churches Ashley Green used to have a Baptist church, situated down Hog Lane, which was a branch of Broadway Baptist Church in Chesham. It closed in the early 1900s. Anglican services started in the village school in 1872, led by Rev Pratt, vicar of St Mary's Chesham. Land for an Anglican church was given by [Lord Chesham](/source/William_Cavendish%2C_2nd_Baron_Chesham). The architect was [G.E. Street](/source/George_Edmund_Street) and the contractor G. Cooper of [Aylesbury](/source/Aylesbury) Buckinghamshire. The total cost of the building was over £2,000 with the [endowment](/source/Financial_endowment) being a further £6,000. The Church was built and endowed by the gift of Elizabeth Dorrien of [Clifton, Bristol](/source/Clifton%2C_Bristol), in memory of her sisters and dedicated to John the Evangelist on 31 December 1873, although it was already in use when it was dedicated. Ashley Green became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1876. Newspapers and coins were built into the pillar adjoining the [pulpit](/source/Pulpit). In 1980 the parish rejoined Chesham parish under a team ministry.[2] The Church is built of local knapped black flints with [Bath](/source/Bath%2C_Somerset) stone dressings. There is a [bellcote](/source/Bell-cot) with two bells. There is a boiler house, and the church was originally being heated by "Hayden's hot air apparatus", now disused. The porch is on the Northern side of the building the front of which is an oak moulded archway, the timber being framed in red bricks - herringboned. The roof is of plain clay tiles. St. John's has stained glass windows from various makers including [Burlison and Grylls](/source/Burlison_and_Grylls), Kempe and Co., [James Powell and Sons](/source/James_Powell_and_Sons), C.E. Moore and A.L. Moore.[3] Some of St. Johns' pews used to have a note on them that stated: The seats in this Church are entirely free and unappropriated. The Church Wardens look to the Congregation for the support through the offertory of the usual Church expenses. The bellcote has two bells, one of a diameter of one foot seven and a half inches (49.5 cm) and the other of a diameter of one foot five inches (43 cm). [John Taylor & Co](/source/John_Taylor_%26_Co) of [Loughborough](/source/Loughborough) cast them in 1874 and refurbished and re-hung in the early 1990s. In 2010 a kitchen and toilet was installed in the Church. In keeping with the tradition of the original builders, a time capsule that included a newspaper and a photograph of the congregation was buried under the floor of the kitchen. ## Population Today Ashley Green is a popular home for [commuters](/source/Commuter) and executives who commute daily to [London](/source/London). There are also many local residents who have lived and raised children who also continue to live in the village along with several farms surrounding the area. This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Ashley Green" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this message) ## Local business Hog Lane farm Ashley Green has one public house, "The Golden Eagle", referred to locally as "The Eagle". On the junction of Chesham Road and Hog Lane the corner house used to be a shop and post office. An old post box still remains built into one of the entrance posts. There is a "farm shop" at John's Lane farm and the Chesham side of the village has a farm selling free range eggs. ## Community facilities The old school is used by a playgroup youth club and for ballet classes. The village hall also hosts regular events such as the village fete and for rehearsals by local actors who put on productions around the local area. Behind the village hall in The Glebe there is a play park. There is a well on the village green outside the entrance gates to the old school. ## Media Ashley Village School was the subject of a documentary film (Village School 1940) directed by [John Eldridge](/source/John_Eldridge_(director)). The film is a tribute to Britain's women teachers in wartime. The film 'starred' Mrs. James the headmistress of the school and Mrs. Glover the other teacher at the school. Many of the pupils are shown taking part in school activities both indoors and outdoors. Some of the pupils were evacuees. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [UK Census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census) (2011). ["Local Area Report – Ashley Green Parish (E04001564)"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=E04001564). *Nomis*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics_(United_Kingdom)). Retrieved 17 November 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["St John's AG(old)"](http://www.greatchesham.org.uk/StJohnAG/StJohnAG.html). *greatchesham.org.uk*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Buckinghamshire Stained Glass: Windows in St John the Evangelist, Ashley Green, Bucks](http://www.bucksstainedglass.org.uk/Indices/pl0007.htm) ## External links - [*Village School*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1865559/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Media related to [Ashley Green](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ashley_Green) at Wikimedia Commons 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 [Ashley Green](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Green) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Green?action=history)). 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