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.

Asherton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sidmouth

Historical Forms

Ascerton 1260 DA

Asterestone 1316,1317 Ass

Asserton 1420 BM 1466 FF

Etymology

Probably 'Æschere 's tun.'

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Sidmouth