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.

Asselby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Howden

Historical Forms

  • Aschilebi 1086 DB
  • Eskilby 1199 FF
  • Askelby 1282 Abbr 1379 Poll
  • Askilby, Askylby 1373 YD 1465 Pat
  • Askeby 1285 SR
  • Astelby c.1360 Works
  • Astilby 1519 BM
  • Hasselby 1546 FF
  • Axilbye 1551 FF

Etymology

'Askell 's farmstead,' v. by . OScand  Áskell , ODan  Ēskel , was common in England (v. NP 16 ff., ZEN 16–7). Cf. Exelby, PN NRY 226.