Ashton Watering
hamlet · North Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name likely refers to a place where livestock were watered, associated with a settlement called Ashton. 'Ashton' means settlement by ash trees ('æsc' + 'tūn'). 'Watering' refers to a watering place.
Word origins
- Ash
- Old Englishash tree(from æsc "ash tree")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, village(from tūn "farmstead, settlement, village")
- Watering
- Old Englishwatering place(from wæterung "watering")
Historical forms
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