Ash is a small civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, with a population of 98 (2001 census). The parish includes scattered hamlets and Ashe Hall, the Tara Buddhist Centre.Established by meditation Master Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in Derbyshire in 1983 Tara Centre is a Kadampa Buddhist college and meditation centre, the building has grounds and a tea room.
History Ash was listed in the Domesday Book as Ashe in the hundred of Appletree,Open Domesday Online: Ashe, accessed May 2018. belonging to Henry de FerrersHenry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Doveridge, Breaston, Duffield and Cowley. and being worth thirty shillings.Ashe [sic] in Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. p.746 The village was still known as Ashe in 1646, then after 1770 was rewritten as Ash.A Modern MAP of DERBY SHIRE Drawn from the latest Surveys' by J. Ellis c.1765- -
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