Æthelwulf of Wessex
The earliest known record of Ashbury is from AD 840, when King Æthelwulf of Wessex granted land at "Aisshedoune" to his minister Duda. In subsequent charters the toponym evolved as "Æcesbyrig" in AD 856, "Aysshedoune" in AD 947, "Æcesburuh" in AD 953 and 960 and "Eissesberie" in the 11th century.