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Surname Etymology and Meaning of ASHBY

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(origin: Sax. Local) The house by the "ash," or the village on a place abounding in ash-trees; by signifying a villa or habitation.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).