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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ashes, Ashes Shaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Horton in Ribblesdale

Historical Forms

  • Thessheis 1569 WillY
  • (the) Ashes 1629 PRIng 1655 PRThn

Etymology

, Thessheis 1569WillY, (the ) Ashes 1629 PRIng, 1655 PRThn , v. æsc ' ash-tree ' , sceaga ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement