Ashleigh Fishing Lake
lake or loch · Lincolnshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a fishing lake associated with ash trees. 'Ash' derives from the Old English 'æsc' (ash tree), and 'lea' means a clearing or meadow.
Word origins
- Ash
- Old Englishash tree(from æsc "ash tree")
- leigh
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing, meadow(from lēah "clearing, meadow")
- Fishing
- Old Englishfishing(from fiscung "fishing")
- Lake
- Old Englishlake(from lacu "lake, pond")