Ashleworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ashleworth
Historical Forms
- Escelesuuorde 1086 DB
- Esselesworthe, Esseleswrd, Esselesw(u)rth' 12 Glouc 1154 Berk c.1200 GlR 1221 Eyre
- Essolleswrth' 1199 FF
- Hesseleswurd' c.1200 GlR
- Aisselewordam 1130 P
- Aiseleswrdam Steph Ch 1318
- Aisselwrth 1287 QW
- Aisshelworth 1540 GlR
- Assel(l)esworthe, Assel(l)eswrþa, Assel(l)es (w)urðe 12 Glouc Hy2 Ch 1318 P 1200 FF 1269
- Asshelesworth 1291 Tax
- Esselewrd', Esselewurth 1221 Ass
- Eselworthe 1535 VE
- Asseleworþe 12 Glouc
- Asselworth(e), Asselwurthe c.1260 GlR 1269 FF 1310 GlR
- Aselworth 1291 Episc
- Ashellewerthe 1270 For
- Asshelworth 1320 Ass 1322 Ext
- Asschelworth(e), As(s)helworth(e), As(s)hilworth(e) 1316 FA 1317 Ipm 1326 FF 1713 PR
Etymology
'Æscel's enclosure', v. worð . The pers.n. is an OE Æscel , as suggested for Ashling (Sx 60); it would be a diminutive of OE Æsc and correspond, as Ekwall notes, to OG Ascalo . Cf. Ashworthy (4supra ), from which it cannot always be separated, though the contextual associations make it probable that the forms cited here belong to Ashleworth.