Ashton Keynes
village · Wiltshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
The name means 'settlement by the ash trees' (Ashton) and is distinguished by the addition of 'Keynes', referring to the de Cahaignes family who held the manor in the 12th century.
Word origins
- æsc
- Old Englishash tree(from æsc "ash tree")
- tūn
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead, village(from tūn "settlement, farmstead, village")
- Keynes
- Norman Frenchfamily name (de Cahaignes)(from Cahaignes "family name")
Historical forms
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