Rood Ashton
Major Settlement in the Parish of West Ashton
Historical Forms
- Chapel As(s)hton 1307 Cl 1339 Pat
- Chapelasshtoun 1391 ib
- Chappelaston 1476 IpmR
- Rode A(y)ssheton 1474 1500 Ipm
- Road Ashton 1575 Hoare
- Rowde Asheton 1596 BM
- Chapple Ashton al. Roode Ashton 1631 Recov
Etymology
This Ashton must have been distinguished by the presence of a rood or cross. It is almost certainly the same which is mentioned in rodestan (BCS 1127) in the bounds of Ashton.