Ashbrook
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ampney St Mary
Historical Forms
- Estbroc(e) 1086 DB 1221 Eyre 1225–50,c.1300 CirenP
- Estbrok(e) 12,1279 1287 Ass 1354 CirenP
- Esbroc 1086 DB
- Astebrok 1303 FA 1374 Ipm
- Eastbrooke als. Astbrooke 1600 FF
- Asebrok(e) 1300–25,1388 CirenP 1535 VE
- (le) Assebroke, Asbroke 1540 MinAcct 1542 AOMB 1575 TRMB
- As(s)hebroke 1509,1533 MinAcct 1592 FF
- Ashbrooke 1621 Rec
Etymology
'(Land) east of the brook', v. ēast , brōc . The later form Ash - is due to folk-etymology. The small stream, from which the place is named and which is in the west of the parish, is an affluent of Ampney Brook.