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.

Ashburton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ashburton

Historical Forms

  • (æt) æscburnan lande 1008–12 Crawf
  • Essebretona 1086 DB
  • Aisbernatonam c.1150 Launceston 14th
  • Aisbernetune 13th Buckfast
  • Aspernetune 13th Buckfast
  • Asperton(e) 1238 Ass 1309 Ch
  • Assheperton juxta Bukfast 1304 Ass
  • As(s)hperton 1313 Ch 1323 Ass 1356 Ipm
  • As(s)hpurton 1313 Ass
  • Aysshpertone 1356 Ipm
  • Aysshberton 1483 IpmR

Etymology

'Farm by the Ashburn stream,' v. s. n. Yeo supra 17.