Ashgrove Fms
Early-attested site in the Parish of Tollard Royal
Historical Forms
- (to) erse grafan 955 BCS917 14th
- Ersegrave 1241 FF
- Ersgrave 1321 Ass 1332 SR
- Eresgrove 1255 RH 1498 Pat
- Eresgrave 1289 Ass
- Asgrove 1558–79 ECP
- Arsgrove 1570 AD
- Arsegrove al. Ersegrove 1578 FF
- Arsgrove 1606 ib
- Ashgrove 1620 Recov
- Ashgrove olim Ersegrove 1829 Hoare
Etymology
The ground here is broken downland and the first element may be OE ears , 'arse,' with reference to the shape of the ground.The second is OE græfe, 'thicket.' Cf. Lands Arse Acre (TA ) in Orcheston St Mary and Landcross (PN D 94). Later the name was probably altered deliberately.