Askwith
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (surname): Asquith
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse askr (“ash tree”) + viðr (“tree, wood”).
Proper noun[edit]
Askwith (countable and uncountable, plural Askwiths)
- A village and civil parish in the Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE169482).
- A ghost town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Askwith is the 13094th most common surname in England, belonging to 420 individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Askwith”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 64.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Ghost towns in Maine, USA
- en:Places in Maine, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse