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.

Ashbys

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pyrton

Etymology

Ashbys (6″). Cf. John de Esseby 1282 Ipm, 1284 Cl, John Desseby 1278–9 RH.