 The name derives from "Aspenlea" meaning the aspen clearing – and from the late medieval period, "of the de Guise family".The first record of Aspley dates from 969, when land there comprising 15 hides was granted by King Edgar (the Peaceable) to his thegn (thain) Alfwold.By the date of the Domesday Book, 1086, the parish had 25 households, five of which were recorded as serfs.