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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ASHBY,
ASHBEE, ASHBEY.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901,
and,
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by
William Arthur, M. A., 1857.
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ASHBY, ASHBEE, ASHBEY.
Bardsley has: A local name meaning "of Ashby," parishes in diocs.
of Lincoln (4), Norwich (3), Peterborough (7). With Ashbee, cf.
Applebee. Arthur
has: ASHBY
(Saxon) Local. The house by the "ash," or the
village on a place abounding in ash-trees; by signifying a villa or
habitation.
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