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.