Canons Ashby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Canons Ashby
Historical Forms
- Ascebi 1086 DB
- Canounes Hessheby 1287 Cl
- Essheby Canons 13th ADii
- Assheby Canonicorum 1320 Ipm
- Chanons Assheby 1506 ADiii
- Assheby in the Wodende 1371 Cl
- Coopesassheby al. Cannonsassheby 1542 ADvi
- Copesashebye 1573 ADiv
Etymology
v. Ashby supra 9. It is the most southerly place-name in by in the Midlands. Canons from the priory founded here in the mid 12th cent. (VCH ii, 130). John Coope is mentioned in connection with the place in 1542 (AD vi). Woodend (infra 46) is three miles away. It was probably so called as the western limit of Whittlewood forest.