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.

Ayshford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burlescombe

Historical Forms

Escford, (to) æscforda 958 BCS1027

Ais(s)eford(a) 1086 DB

Essheford 1238 Ass

Etymology

'Ashtree ford.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Burlescombe