Chapel Ascote
Major Settlement in the Parish of Chapel Ascote
Historical Forms
- Astanescote c.1153 Monast 1208 FF 1232 Ass
- Astonescote ib.
- Astenescote 1291 Tax
- Astinescote c.1300 Combe
- Astunescote 1348 ADiv
- Hastencot 1257 Pat
- Estanescote 1284 ib
- Ascote 1372 ADiv 1547 Pat
- Ascoyt Hodenall 1545 FF
- Ascott al. Astonicott 1555 ADiv
- Ascote juxta Hodenhull 1656 Dugdale
- Chappell Ascott 1667 HT
Etymology
Possibly 'Ēadstan 's cot(e).' There was formerly a chapel here (Dugdale 219). Duignan suggests that the name means 'Aelfstan 's cottages' and that Aelfstan was the Aelfstan to whom Bishop Oswald granted land in the neighbouring parish of Bishop's Itchington (KCD 677). This is just possible from the point of view of form, though usually the f or v in Aelf -names remains in the ME forms.