Description
Ashow, a village and a parish in Warwickshire, on the river Avon, adjacent to Stoneleigh, 2 1/2 miles ESE of Kenilworth, which is the post town. Acreage, 1079 ; population, 159. Lord Leigh is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The manor was given, in the time of Edward IV., to the abbey of Stoneleigh. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £300. Patron, Lord Leigh. The ancient patrons were the Priors of Kenilworth. The church, which has Norman work, is ancient, with a pinnacled tower; it has a magnificent service of communion plate, given in 1638 by Lady Dudley.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
