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.

Castle Ashby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Castle Ashby

Historical Forms

  • Asebi 1086 DB
  • Esseby 12th Survey
  • Esseby David 1275 RH
  • Axeby 1235 Fees
  • Assheby Davy 1325 Ipm
  • Castel Assheby 1361 Cl
  • Chastel Assheby 1362 Cl, Ashby
  • Ashby Davy al. Castle Ashby 1611 Recov

Etymology

'Ash-tree by,' v. æsc . It formed part of the fee of David Earl of Huntingdon (Fees 494). There was a castle here in earlier days.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site