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Survey of English Place-Names

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Aspley Guise

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aspley Guise

Historical Forms

  • Aepslea 969 BCS1229
  • Aspeleia 1086 DB
  • Aspele(gh) 1202 FF
  • Aspeleye Gyse 1363 Cl

Etymology

'Aspen-tree clearing' v. æspe , aeps and leah . Anselm de Gyse held the manor for one-twentieth part of a knight's fee in 1276 (VCH iii. 339).

Places in the same Parish