Askham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Askham
Historical Forms
- Ascum, Askum 1232 Pat 1235 P 1279 Ass15 1291 1292 QW 1476 Lowth
- Ascun 1242 Pipe
- Ascumbe c.1235 Clib
- Ascombe 1429 Pat 1551 Lowth
- Aschum 1278 Ass5d 1279 ib
- Ascom, Askom 1291 Tax 1295,1319 Carliol 1326 Ipm 1513 Hothf
- Ascome 1315 Ipm 1323 MinAcct 1340 Clib 1592 Lowth
- Askam(e) 1543 FF 1552 Visit 1573 PR
- Askhame 1576 CWxxi,211
- Askham 1577 Harrison 1591 Comm 1777 M
Etymology
'At the ash-trees', from ON askum , dat.plur. of askr, v. -um . It may be, as Ekwall suggests, a Scandinavianised form of an OE æscum (v. æsc ).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Haber Hill & Tarn
- Heltondale Beck
- Heltonhead
- Howe Gill
- Howe Hill, High Howe Hill
- Jeanie Brewster's Well
- Keldron Spring
- Kettle Crag
- Knotts
- Loadpot Hill & Hole
- Lowclose
- Lund's Wood
- Mally's Well
- Wartches
- Whitestone Moor
- Wofa Holes
- Wood Hill
- Heining Wood
- Nesgilhow Beck
- White Raise
- Annas Sike
- Askham Bridge, Hall, & Fell
- The Castle
- Cop Stone
- Crackhill Nook
- Crookwath Bridge
- Dale Hause
- Dewpot Holes
- The Dod
- Don Bottom
- Dub Hill
- Gillriggs
- Mark's Well
- Outgang Fm
- Potlands Gate
- Pulpit Holes
- Riddingleys Top
- The Riggs
- St Peter's Church
- Scalegate, Scalegill Wood, Scales
- Skirsgill Hill
- Standing Stones
- Tarn Moor
- Threepow Raise
- Tom Winder's Loom
- Hag Stones
- Millkeld Sike
- Whitbysteads