Ash, a village and a parish in Surrey. The village stands near the Basingstoke Canal and the Blackwater river, 2 miles NW of Hog's Back, and 4 NE of Farnham on the S.E.R., 35 miles from London. The parish includes also the tithing of Normandy and the hamlet-chapelry of Frimley. There is a post and money order office; the telegraph office is at Ash railway station. Acreage, 6324; population of the civil parish, 2544; of the ecclesiastical, 1835. The southern tracts are hilly. Ash Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; value, £338; patron, Winchester College. The church has a plain Norman doorway, and has been restored. The rectory of Frimley and the perpetual curacy of York-Town are separate charges. There are Wesleyan and Congregational chapels.