English Place-name Society

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.

Highash

Other OS name in the Parish of Acton

Historical Forms

  • High Asshes 1463–4 Tab
  • Ash Hill 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1785Sheaf , High Asshes 1463–4 Tab, Ash Hill 1831 Bry , cf. Asher Field , Ash Woods 1841TA , ' ash trees on a hill ' , v. hēah , æsc , hyll , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site