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.

atte Asshe

Field in the Parish of Compton Abbas

Historical Forms

atte Asshe 1332 SR

atte Naish 1340 NI

Etymology

atte Asshe 1332(p), atte Naish 1340(p)(cf. William de fraxino 1327, v. atte(n)'at the', æsc'ash-tree')

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Compton Abbas