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.

Askew Sic Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Heanor

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , cf. Asky Sick 1830Survey , probably ' stream by whichcoarse grass grew ' , v. hassuc , sīc .