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.

Ashes

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Overashes 1587 WillY
  • Lower & Upper Ashes 1719 HAS

Etymology

, 1631 PRHept et freq to 1817 M , Overashes 1587 WillY, Lower & Upper Ashes 1719HAS 16, 173 , v. æsc ' ash-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name