Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Ascelie 1086 DB

• Esceleia 1170 Facs

• Axele 1210 Mass

• Ahselegth 1289 Court

• Asselche H3 Orm3

• Asselegh 1300 ChF

• Hasselegh 1331 Tab

• As(s)heleg(h) 1280 P 1289 Court 1296 Orm2 1343 Plea

• As(s)heley(e) 1301 ChancW 1346 Pat

• Assheleigh 1349 Earw

• As(s)hele(e) 1355, 1357 BPR, Chamb (p)

• As(s)hely 1394 ChRR

• As(s)chelegh 1316 1326 Dow

• As(s)cheley c.1536 Leland

• Aseleg' 1286 Court

• As(s)hley, As(s)hlegh(e) 1296,1308 Plea 1300 Cl

• Ay(i)ss(he)legh 1326 Dow

• Assley 1547 Pat

• Asley 1673 ChRR

• Assebe 1287 Court 74

Etymology

'Ash glade', v. æsc , lēah . For Esceleia cf. esc (Merc). Assebe 1287 Court 74 may belong here, but cf. Assheby 127infra .