Ashford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ashford
Historical Forms
- Aiseforda 1086 DB(Exon)
- Esforda
- Esforde 1264–9 Exon
- Esseforde 1311 Exon
- Asford(e) 1242 Fees784 1264–9 Exon
- Ayshford 1316 FA 1356 ADiv
Etymology
Self-explanatory. The ford can only have been over the Taw estuary.
Places in the same Parish
None