Ashington
town · Northumberland
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Ashington means 'settlement of the ash trees'. It refers to a place where ash trees were prominent.
Word origins
- Ash
- Old EnglishAttestedash tree(from aesc "ash tree")
- ington
- Old Englishsettlement(from ingas-tun "settlement of the people")
Historical forms
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