Ashby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ashby
Historical Forms
- Aschebi 1086 DB c1115 LS
- Asebi c1115 LS
- Aseby 1305 KR
- Aseby als Ashby 1671 BRA
- Esseby c1090 Dugdiv 1402
- Essebi 1136–40 Pat 1464
- Eschebi John YChiii p1263
- Askebi 1178 P Hy2 Pat 1464 CurP 1194 Fees 1212 FF 1219
- Askeby Hy2 Selby e14 ChancR 1196 ChR 1204 RAii 1223,1240–43 Ch 1271 QW 1281 FF 1282 CA 1522
- Askebye 1573 Hall
- Ascebi 1214 Cur
- Askby 1393 Peace 1402 FA 1535 VEiv
- Ascby alias Ashby 1671 Red
- Asby 1451 Cl 1488 FF
- Asbie 1584 Hall
- Assheby 1481 Pat 1550 Pat
- Asheby 1556 AASRxxxvii 1566 Pat
- Asshebie 1589 NCWillsi
- Asschby 1548 ChantCert
- Ashby 1599 DCLB
- Ashbee 1606 Terrier
- Ashbie 1637 Foster
Etymology
There are six p.ns. Ashby in L. The forms of each are similar and they are probably Danish compounds meaning 'the farmstead, village where ash-trees grow', v. askr , bȳ . It is possible, however, that the first el. is the ON , ODan pers.n. Aski found occasionally in independent sources in L, cf. Ashby, PN Nf 2, 41. v. also the discussion of Ashby, PN L 4, 48–49.