ASHOVER is a township and extensive parish, on the river Amber, 7 miles south-west from Chesterfield, 3 1/2 north-west from Stretton station on the Ambergate, Chesterfield and Sheffield section of the Midland railway, and 153 from London by railway through Stretton, in the Chesterfield division of the county, Scarsdale hundred, Chesterfield union, Alfreton petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Chesterfield, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell The church of All Saints, built about 1419, is a large and beautiful edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a square embattled tower at the west end, with a spire 69 feet in height and containing a clock and 6 bells, two of which are dated 1625, and the others 1630, 1751, 1814 and 1890, the latest being the gift of F. J. Fenton esq.: the monuments include a tomb to the Babington family, with life-size recumbent figures of a man and his wife, and around the sides, in small panels, figures of their numerous children: on the floor, within the altar rails, is a large brass, with figures to the Rollestone family and one to Robert Eyre, a former rector: the stained east window was inserted about 1857; there are memorial windows to the Nodder family, erected in 1845: the Colmore family (1870) and that of Moon (1867); one, erected in 1867, by John Thompson esq. in memory of his late wife; and another in 1877, by J. B. Gregory esq. of Raven's Nest, to his parents: the brass eagle lectern was presented by Mr. and Mrs. Jessop, of Overton Hall, in memory of their eldest daughter, and the carved oak Reredos was given by Mrs. Jessop in 1894, in memory of her husband: the font is of lead, ornamented with figures: during the years 1886-90 the interior of the church underwent various alterations and improvements, at a cost of upwards of £600, when an organ chamber was added and the north doorway and tower arch opened, and a hagioscope and part of the rood loft stairs disclosed: the church plate includes pieces dating from 1581 to 1725: there are 600 sittings. The parish register of baptisms dates from 1622, with a gap from 1623 to 1653, of burials and marriages from 1563, and these records are in good condition. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £400, net yearly value £350, including 155 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of and held since 1878 by the Rev. John Bourne Nodder M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. There are Primitive and Wesleyan Methodist chapels. There is a cemetery of 1 1/2 acres, with one mortuary chapel, under the control of the Parish Council of 8 members. Fairs for cattle and sheep are held on April 25th and October 15th, and a statute fair the Monday before Martinmas day (in November). The charities amount to about £40 yearly, arising from