Ashe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ash
Historical Forms
- (æt) Æsce 987 Peniarth 13th
- Eisse 1086 DB
- Eyss 1243 Fees
- Ess(e) c.1141 Tutbury 1252 Ch 1296 Ipm
- Hesse c.1200 AOMB
- As(s)h(e), As(s)ch(e) 1294 FF 1296 Ipm 1302 FA 1319 FF 1328 SR
Etymology
'The ash-tree', v. æsc (dat.sg. æsce ); the forms in Ess (e ) may reflect the Merc variant esc .