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.

Ashbury

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ashbury

Historical Forms

  • Esseberie 1086 DB
  • Essebiry 1223 Pat
  • Asebiria 1136 France
  • Assebure 1238 Ass
  • Ashbiry 1291 Tax
  • Aissebyri 1274 Exon
  • Aysshebyry 1276 Cl

Etymology

'burhby the ashtree,' v. æsc , burh . There are no remains of any earthworks here now.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name