Alfred Parkinson Ashley [also known as Alfred Ashley] was born on 2 July 1884 and was articled to Herbert Hodgson (1857-1927). He was Architect to the Agent of Harwood and Clayton Hall Estates in 1907, Great Harwood, Lancashire and later to Agent of Nottingham Estate of Earl Manvera, and to John German & Son, Land Agents and Surveyors, Midland Counties
Alterations to shop, Kirkgate, Bradford, and to Weston House, Bradford; additions to Club, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington; twelve houses Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors; eight houses Dryden Street, Clayton-le-Moors; alterations to shop. Queen Street, Great Harwood; Renovation of the old Manor House, Martholme, Great Harwood; seventeen houses Windsor Road, Great Harwood; new estate offices, Holme Pierpont, Notts; new villa, Leicester Road, Ashby-de-la-Zouch; additions to farm buildings, Shepshed
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001