Ashen
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ashen
Historical Forms
- Asce 1086 DB
- Asse 1296 EAiii
- As(s)ch(e) 1315–22 EAiv 1322 BM 1327 Ct
- Essa c.1090 Dugdvi 1253 Ch
- Esse 1212 RBE 1234–47 FF 1236 Fees 1238 SR 1255 Ass t.Hy3 Ipm
- Esch 1309 EAiii
- Es(c)hen 1441 EAv
- Esse al. Assheton 1564 Recov
- Assh(e) 1309 EAiii
- Assh(e) by Ovyton 1318 FF 1412 FA
- Asshen 1344 EAv 1452 MinAcct
- Asshyn 1468 Pat
- Aissh 1360 Ipm
- Aysshen 1581,1582 BM
- Ashden 1594 N 1610 Speed
Etymology
'At the ash-tree(s),' v. æsc . The forms vary between the dat. sing. (æt ðǣm ) æsce and the dat. pl. (æt ðǣm ) æscum (ME atten ashen ), the latter of which has survived. The name is identical with Ashton (PN Nth 96).