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Ashy Drove

Other OS name in the Parish of Coombe Keynes

Historical Forms

  • Ashey Closs l17 Weld1

Etymology

, v. drove ; Ashy is perhaps ' ash-tree enclosure ' , v. æsc , (ge)hæg , as in Ashey Closs l17Weld 1 , v. clos ( e ) , but cf. Ashly Close 1686ib , which seems to contain lēah , and Hr Ash Close , Lr Ash Close ,Ash Lane Plant .1839TA ; the latter may contain lane , but cf. A (y )ssh (e )l (e )yn (e )(s )croft (e ), Aisshel (e )yn (e )(s )croft (e )1445–1451Weld 1, 1446Rent , ' enclosure at Assheleyne ' ( ' arable strip near an ash-tree ' ) , v. æsc , leyne , croft .