Ashbeach (Fm)
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ramsey
Historical Forms
- Assebeche 1286 c.1350 Rams
- Osbich 1601 BM
Etymology
'Ash-beach,' descriptive probably of a farm with ash-trees on the edge or 'beach' of a mere, in the days before the draining of the Fens. Cf. Chalderbeach supra 188.