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.

Ashbury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westerleigh

Historical Forms

  • on Æscburhg, of Æscbyrig 950 BCS887
  • Asseberwe 1295 Episc

Etymology

Ashbury (lost), 1830 M, on Æscburhg , of Æscbyrig 950 BCS 887 (copy), Asseberwe 1295 Episc (p). 'Fortification by the ash-tree', v. æsc , burh . The 1830 M locates this place on a knoll at grid point 156–682812.