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Survey of English Place-Names

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Nash Street

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chiddingly

Historical Forms

  • Nasshestrete 1562 Ct
  • atte Nasse, atte Nessh 1288,1304 Ass

Etymology

Nash Street is Nasshestrete 1562Ct . Here lived Thomas atte Nasse , atte Nessh (1288, 1304Ass ). 'At the ash.' In 1378Ct there is mention also of a Nasshecrouche in this neighbourhood.