Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Ascvid 1086 DB

• Asquid 1176 Percy

• Aswid, Aswit 1176,c.1180,1191 Sawl139d,143,143d

• Askewith(e), Askewyth 1189 Ch 1271 YI 1276 YDiv c.1296,c.1300 WillY 1546

• Askewich 1169 P

• Askewid 1275,1290 YDiv

• Askewyt 1316 Pat

• Ascwid, Askwid 1180–1208 YCh60 1354 YDiv

• Askwith, Askwyth 13 Sawl30d 1201,1226 FF 1285 KI 1564 FF

• Asquith 1359 YDx 1640 PRWst 1687 PRIlk

Etymology

'Ash wood', v. askr , viðr . The frequent appearance of -wid may be accounted for by AN influence, but it may reflect an earlier OE  widu (an unmutated form of wudu which occurs in some p.ns.); indeed the whole name may be a Scandinavianised form of an OE  æsc -widu , -wudu (cf. Introd.).