English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Ashgate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brampton

Historical Forms

  • Asshes 1330 Ass
  • (atte) Asshe 1391 Cor
  • Ashgate 1584 Portland 1599 FF 1611 DbAxl

Etymology

Ashgate, Asshes 1330Ass (p), (atte ) Asshe 1391Cor (p), Ashgate 1584Portland , 1599FF , 1611 DbA xl. Formerly 'the ash-tree(s)', v. æsc . It gave rise to a surname Ash , the family being of Ashgate at the time of the earliest recorded references to the hamlet. It is impossible to say whether gate is geat 'gate' or gata 'road'.