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| The Name | Origins | 100 Years Ago | Population |
The Location - Ashby was one the 5 seperate villages which since 1936 became part of Scunthorpe.
The Doomsday Book (1086) referred to the village as "Aschebi".

Other names - for the village include "Askebi".

The name - can be translated to "the farm settlement at the spring waters". Alternatively "the farmstead where the ash trees grow" or possibly "Aski's farmstead".

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