Ashness
Early-attested site in the Parish of Borrowdale
Historical Forms
- Esknese 1211 Furness
- Eskenese 1211 Fountains
- Eskness 1541 NB
- Exnesse 1586 PR(Crosth)
- Eshnese 1588 ib
- Ashnes 1604 ib
Etymology
Cf. also Esknebec 1209 Furness, Eschenesbec c. 1210–12 ib. 'Ash headland,' v. eski , nes (under næs ), with later anglicising to 'ash-ness.'
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Lodore
- Watendlath
- Greenup Edge
- Long Strath
- High Scawdel
- Seathwaite
- Seatoller
- Stockley Bridge
- Stonethwaite
- Sty Head
- Brown Dodd
- Burthwaite Bridge
- Glaramara
- Grange
- Tongue Head
Other OS name
- Eagle Crag
- Reecastle Crag
- Lodore Cascade
- Base Brown
- Longthwaite
- Riggside
- Rosthwaite
- Shepherds Crag
- Shivery Knott
- Stake
- High Tove
- Seatoller Fell
- Sty Head Pass
- Dovenest Crag
- Manesty
- Borrowdale Fells
- Grange Crags
- Birch How
- Bowder Stone
- Bull Crag
- Capell Crag
- Castle Crag
- Chapel Ho
- Ellers
- Field Ho
- Goat Crags
- Great End
- Hanging Knotts
- High Seat
- Hind Side
- Hollows
- Hollow Stone
- How
- Leathes Cottage