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.

Barkston Ash

Other OS name in the Parish of Sherburn in Elmet

Historical Forms

  • Barston-Ash 1742 LdsM

Etymology

, 1770EnclA 39 , Barston -Ash 1742 LdsM , v. æsc ; the wapentake was named from this , presumably its meeting place .