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.

Axtown

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckland Monachorum

Historical Forms

  • Axtowne 1625 Recov
  • Axsa 1333 SR

Etymology

is Axtowne 1625Recov and is probably to be associatedwith the family of Gilbert Axsa (1333SR ) . For names of this type , cf. Rubbytown supra 219 .