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.

Rashleigh Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wembworthy

Historical Forms

  • Liega 1086 DB
  • Rasle 1278 Ipm 1505 Ipm
  • Atterashlegh 1292 Ipm

Etymology

Probably 'at the ash wood or clearing,' v. æsc , leah , the r being a remnant of the ME  inflexional form at ther , cf. Rook supra 270, Rill infra 606.

Places in the same Parish