Ashford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ashford
Historical Forms
- (æt) Æscforda 926 Peniarth 13th
- Aisseford 1086 DB
- Aysford, Aisford 1216 ClR 1348 DbAxxxvi
- Asseford' 1230 P 1242 Cl 1252 LichChart
- Assford' 1251 DbAv
- Asford' 1230 ChancR 1372 Gaunt
- Assesford 1229 Cl
- Askeford' in Pecco 1265 Cl
- Esseford 1101–8 RegLich 1354 DbCh
- Efford (sic) 1201to1207 P
- Esch(e)ford, Esh(e)ford 1242,1251 Ch 1280 IpmR
- Escford 1376 RylPhCh
- Ashford(') 1226–8 Fees 1230 FF
- Assheford(') 1231 Cl
- As(c)h(e)ford(') 1506 WollCh
- Ashford(') 1577 Saxton
- Ashford in the watter 1697 Bateman
- in le Ford 1336 Ct
Etymology
'Ash-tree ford', v. æsc , ford . The form Askeford ' has the cognate ON askr. The ford itself gave its name to Thomas del Ford , Thomas in le Ford 1336Ct .