Ashmore Green is a small hamlet in Berkshire, England.
Etymology
The name Ashmore Green is probably of
Old English origin, meaning "ash tree covered moor". The
Fraxinus held significance for the Saxons due to the mythical
Yggdrasil and the ash tree being sacred to the god
Odin.
Ash trees are common in
Berkshire, as is reflected in other settlement names such as nearby Cold Ash and
Ashampstead, as well as
Ashford Hill and
Ashmansworth in bordering
Hampshire and Ashbury in
Oxfordshire.
History
Ashmore Green is first mentioned in a deed in 1549 from Jack O'Newbury to his son Henry.
It is believed the Parliamentary Army stayed in fields near Ashmore Green during the Second Battle of Newbury in 1644.
Ashmore Green was first noted on a map in 1761 spelled "Ashmoor Green". The area was largely
moorland and heath until it began to be populated in the 1800s.
In 1886, a
baptist chapel was built in the centre of Ashmore Green, on Stoney Lane. It closed in the 1960s.
In 1894, Ashmore Green became part of the Cold Ash
civil parish.
The population of the Ashmore Green and Cold Ash area nearly doubled between 1900 and 1939, with a major expansion after World War II.
The local pub, The Sun in the Wood, built around 1900, closed in 2018.
Nearby Settlements
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