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.

Ashness

Early-attested site in the Parish of Borrowdale

Historical Forms

  • Esknese 1211 Furness
  • Eskenese 1211 Fountains
  • Eskness 1541 NB
  • Exnesse 1586 PR(Crosth)
  • Eshnese 1588 ib
  • Ashnes 1604 ib

Etymology

Cf. also Esknebec 1209 Furness, Eschenesbec c. 1210–12 ib. 'Ash headland,' v. eski , nes (under næs ), with later anglicising to 'ash-ness.'