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.

Ashton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ashton

Historical Forms

Ascetone 1086 DB

Acheston 1248 WellsR

Ayston 12th Survey

Aiston 1227 Ch

Aston 1284 FA

Ashton juxta Undele 1299 Ass

Etymology

'Ash farm,' v. æsc , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site