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.

Ashby Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Peatling Parva

Historical Forms

  • ashbie gate 1625 Terrier
  • Ashby Yate (sic) 1638 ib

Etymology

is ashbie gate 1625Terrier , Ashby Yate (sic)1638ib , v. gata ; Ashby Magna lies some 1 ½ miles to the north - west .