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.

Asham Common

Early-attested site in the Parish of Birlingham

Historical Forms

Hessehom c.1240 AOMB26d 15th

Asshames 1545 LP

Asham Common 1773 VCHiv.24,n.4

Etymology

'Ash-tree hamm.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Birlingham