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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ashstead Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Godalming

Historical Forms

  • Assh(e)stede c.1340 SACxxiii 1344 Loseley
  • Asshstedefeld 1448 ib
  • Asshested barne, Asshestedland 1548 LRMB

Etymology

is Assh (e )stede c. 1340 SAC xxiii(p), 1344Loseley ,Asshstedefeld 1448 ib., Asshested barne , Asshestedland 1548LRMB . ' Place of ash trees , ' cf. Ashtead supra 68 .