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.

Ashcroft

Other OS name in the Parish of Wareham Lady St Mary & St Martin

Historical Forms

  • Withey Bed 1843 TA(EStoke)

Etymology

, v. æsc , croft . N Bestwall Withy Bed ( Withey Bed 1843TA (E Stoke) ) , , from N Bestwall supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement