Ashdon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ashdon
Historical Forms
- Ascendunā 1086 DB
- esse(n)donam 1121 AC
- Essendun(a) 12th France 1246 FF
- Essendo(u)n 1238 SR 1387 Walden
- Essenden 1285 Ass
- Essindon(e), Essyndon(e) 1248 FF 1387 Walden
- Esshendon 1311 FF 1327 SR
- Eston 1218–35 BM
- Aston 1361 IpmR 1495,1547 FF 1538 LP
- Ayston 1547 FF
- Assindene t.Hy3 RBE
- Assendon(e), Assyndon(e) 1286 FF 1291 Tax 1315 Ch 1336 BM 1361 Londin
- Assynden 1285 Ass
- Essedon 1255 Ass
- Assedon(e) 1271 FF 1387 Walden
- Ass(c)hedon(e) 1272 FF 1428 FA
- Es(s)ingdon(e) 1291 Tax 1387 Walden
- Essyngton ib.
- Asshindon 1292 FF 1304 ChancW
- Asshindon by Walden Abbatis 1347 Ipm 1428 FA
- Asshendon 1327 SR 1346 FA 1390 Pat
- Asshingdon 1337 Cl
- Asshyndon 1347 ib
- Hashedon 1328 Ipm
- Aysshedon 1360 Ipm 1550
- Ashden or Aysshedon t.Eliz ChancP
- As(s)h(e)ton 1375,1399 IpmR
- As(s)h(e)ton alias Asshedune 1567 FF
- As(s)heston 1384,1406,1412 BM
Etymology
'Hill overgrown with ash trees,' OE æscen (adj.). v. Ashingdon supra 176–7.