Rashwood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Dodderhill
Historical Forms
- Eshide 1221 Ass
- Aschide 1227 FF
- Esside, Essyda c.1300,1303 ADv,vi
- Raschehede prope Wyche 1535 VE
- Rasshid 1550 Pat
- Rash(e)wood 1581,1615 Wills 17th Hab
Etymology
This name must be a compound of OE æsc and hid and describe an estate of one hide on which ash-trees grew in plenty.The initial r developed from such forms as ME at ther asshide becoming at the rasshide . Cf. Ryknild Street supra 2.