Ash House
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Ash House
Ash House
now the "Ash Bank" Hotel
Photo: June 2000
In the mid 1850s William Mellor Meigh (1st - the son of Job Meigh II) gave up farming and Ash Farm was run by a farm bailiff. This change probably coincided with the demolition of the original Ash House and its replacement by the present building (show in the photo above), like Ash Hall it was constructed of local stone.
Unfortunately, the foundation stone recording this event has been covered over by an extension to the Ash Bank Hotel but it stated: “This corner-stone was laid by Job and Elizabeth Meigh of Ash Hall, on the eleventh day of May 1857. Bemgno Numine.”
| date | event |
| c1841-1870 | The original Ash House was occupied by William Mellor Meigh I, the son of Job Meigh, from at least 1841 until he moved across the road to Ash Hall in 1870. |
| mid 1850's | Original building demolished. |
| 1857 | Cornerstone of the new house laid on 11th May 1857. |
| 1870 | William Mellor Meigh I moved from Ash House to the Ash Hall. |
When William Mellor Meigh I moved to Ash Hall in 1870 (after the death of his father Job Meigh II), Ash House was let to a succession of tenants including John Forsythe (1872), and Charles Ford, China Manufacturer, with a works in Cannon Street, Hanley, who moved from The Hollies in Shelton.
In the 1841 census for Ash House:
| Name |
Age |
Occupation | |
| William Mellor Meigh | 30 | Head | Flint and Colour Grinder |
| William Mellor Meigh | 1 month | Son | |
| Eliza Meigh | 25 | Wife | Independent |
| Elizabeth C Meigh | 2 | Dau | |
| Dorothy Firebuck | 20 | Srvnt | Female Servant |
| Elizabeth Thorley | 20 | Srvnt | Female Servant |
| Elizabeth Wilson | 20 | Srvnt | Female Servant |
1851 census for Ash House:
| Name |
Marr | Age | |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
| William Mellor Meigh | Married 44 | Head | Staffs, Stoke | Farmer of 117 Acres, employing 3 labourers |
| Eliza Meigh | Married 38 | Wife | Leics, Harborough | |
| Elizabeth C Meigh | Single 12 | Dau | Staffs, Stoke | |
| William Mellor Meigh | Single 9 | Son | Staffs, Stoke | |
| Ann Meigh | Single 7 | Dau | Staffs, Stoke | |
| Catherine Meigh | Single 3 | Dau | Staffs, Stoke | |
| Ellen Meigh | Single 1 | Dau | Staffs, Stoke | |
| Ann Chetwynd | Single 36 | Srvnt | Staffs, Stoke | House Servant |
| Jane Jones | Single 16 | Srvnt | North Wales | House Servant |
| Emma Bonnell | Single 20 | Srvnt | Staffs, Uttoxeter | House Servant |
Source: Andrew Dobraszczyc notes.
