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.

Ashleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lifton

Historical Forms

  • Assileia 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Aisselie
  • Asseleg 1228 FF
  • Esselegh 1242 Fees756
  • Asshelegh juxta Kelly 1323 Ass

Etymology

v. æsc , leah .