Ashleyhay (Old English Enclosure at the ash-tree wood or clearing ) is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England, about five miles north-west of Belper. It is also situated one and three-quarters of a mile south of Wirksworth and eleven miles north of Derby city centre. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 105, increasing to 118 at the 2011 Census. History In 1870–72 John Marius described Ashleyhay as:"a township in Wirksworth parish, Derby; 1 mile SE of Wirksworth. Pop., 232. Houses, 49."According to A Topographical Dictionary of England (Lewis,S 1829) Ashelyhay township was included within Wirksworth Parish. "There is also a manor within the parish, which has no courts, called the Holland, or Richmond, manor, granted in 1553, by the crown, to Ralph Gell. The parish comprises 14,022a. 3r. 20p., and includes the chapelries of Alderwasley and Cromford; the townships of Ashley-Hay, Biggin, Hopton, Ible, and Idridgehay with Allton; and the hamlets of Callow, Ivonbrook-Grange, and Middleton." According to the website A Vision of Britain Through Time, Ashleyhay changed from its Township status to Civil Parish level after 1886. Demographics Population Change The time series illustrates how from 1881 when the population of Ashleyhay was 218, it decreased to 118 by 2011. The graph illustrates that after almost every 10-year interval the population had decreased, this is except for the periods between 1891–1901 and between 2001–2011 when the population increased. Since first being recorded the population of Ashleyhay was at its smallest in 2001 at 105 residence. The overall decrease in population means that the population density (persons per hectare) has dropped to 0.2, this is significantly lower than the average for the Amber Valley area which is 4.6 and the national average of 4.1. Occupations As the Bar chart shows, in 1881 the vast majority of males (44) in Ashleyhay were employed in Agriculture of some variety. The other four males eligible to work all had different occupations. One a Labourer, one involved in transport, one with an unspecified occupation and one with an unknown occupation. The majority of females (37) in Ashleyhay also had an unknown occupation, and 4 had an unspecified occupation, this doesn't necessarily mean they were unemployed but it is most likely the case especially with females. The only specified occupations that females had in 1881 were in Agriculture in which two females worked and