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.

Apsley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ellesborough

Historical Forms

Aspeleia c.1210 Miss 14th

Appesley 1247 Ass 1316 FF

Aspley 1486 Ipm

Etymology

'Aspen-clearing' v. æspe , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Ellesborough

Early-attested site