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.

Ashcombe Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Ann Without (Lewes)

Historical Forms

  • Acescome 1086 DB
  • Achescumbe 1091–1125 ADA14176
  • Achescombe 1327 SR
  • Acchescombe 1332 SR
  • Hachescumb 1296 SR
  • As(s)h(e)combe 1375,1387 IpmR

Etymology

'Aecci 's valley,' v . cumb.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site