Askham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Askham
Historical Forms
- Ascā 1086 DB 1275 RH
- Askam 1289 Ebor 1545 FF
- Ascham Archiepiscopi 1167 P 1276 RH 1317 For
- Askham 1267 Ebor 1267 Pat 1280 Ass 1283 Ch
- (H)asckham 1289 Ass
- Askham by Lanum 1309 Pat
- Escham 1185 P
- Askeham 1267 Pat 1316 FA
Etymology
This name probably goes back to an original OE æschām , 'ash tree farm,' but the cognate OScand askr was substituted at an early date. Lanum is Laneham infra 53. In 1086 the village was a berewick of the Archbishop of York's manor of Laneham, and his successors continued to be lords of the place until the 19th century.