The ashdown Surname
ashdown Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Ashdon in Essex, Ashdown Forest in
East Sussex, or Ashdown in Berkshire (now lost). The first two are
named from Old English æscen ‘growing with ash trees’ +
dun ‘hill’. The last may be from an Old English personal
name Æsc or Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ +
dun ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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