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Asby Beck, Grange, Hall, Mask, Mill, & Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Asby

Historical Forms

  • aqua de Ascheby a.1239 Ch 1294
  • Askeby 1345 Cl 1363 Ipm
  • Ask(e)bygraunge 1366 Pat 1410 Fine
  • Asbie upper & Nether Graunge 1613 FF
  • High Grange, Low Grange 1726,1730 PR

Etymology

( 1859 aqua de Ascheby a. 1239 (1294) Ch ) ( 1621Rent , 'thegrange of Askeby ' 1345 Cl, 1363 Ipm, Ask (e )bygraunge 1366 Pat,1410 Fine, Asbie upper & Nether Graunge 1613FF , High Grange , Low Grange 1726, 1730 PR ) ( 1797 PR ) ( 1823 M ) ( 1785 PR ) , v. bekkr , grange ( here a grange of Shap Abbey , cf. NWm 87 ) , hall ( for the hall cf. NWm 67 ) , mersc ' marsh ' ( with ON  -sk ) , myln , and Great Asby Scar (infra ) .