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.

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.