| Description | Deeds etc relating to the estates of Assheton later Assheton Smith family, including Manors of Ashley, Bowdon and Hale; including faculty for gallery in Bowdon Church, 1714, grant of pew in the said gallery to Ellen Fletcher, 1714, office copies wills of Thomas Assheton Smith of Ashley, esq, 1774, Thomas Assheton Smith of Portman Square, London, 1828, and of Henry Assheton Smith of Hailey, Oxfordshire, 1839, and certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge in Hale, 1913.
The estate comprising Ashley Hall, the Manor of Ashley and farms and lands in Ashley and Hale (c1,217 acres) was conveyed to Wilbraham Egerton in 1840 for £72,000.The release of 30 Dec 1840 includes a map of the estate |