Ashurst

A1S1H4U1R1S1T1

proper noun

A village in Ashurst and Colbury parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU340881).

OriginOld English æsċ →
UncommonScrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper nounAshurst (countable and uncountable, plural Ashursts)

plural Ashursts

  1. countableuncountableA village in Ashurst and Colbury parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU340881).
  2. countableuncountableA small village in Speldhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England, on the border with East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5138).
  3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ179161).
  4. countableuncountableA locality in Graham County, Arizona, United States.
  5. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishæsċ“ash-tree”
  2. EnglishAshurst

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

More words from Old English

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

asshurt
Cite this entry
APA

Ashurst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashurst

MLA

“Ashurst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashurst. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ashurst,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashurst.

Source: Ashurst on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.