English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Odstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ashbury

Historical Forms

  • Ordegeston 1086 DB
  • Hordeston' 1200 Cur
  • Ordeston' 1201 ib
  • Ordeiston' 1220,1242–3 Fees
  • Ordeystona 1224–5 Ass
  • Ordeieston' 1247–8 ib
  • Ordeyston' 1284 ib
  • Ordeston alias Odston 1661 PubLib
  • Odstone 1848 PubLibDoc

Etymology

Odstone, Ordegeston 1086 DB, Hordeston '1200 Cur, Ordeston '1201 ibet freq with variant spellings Ordeston ; Ordeiston '1220, 1242–3 Fees, Ordeystona 1224–5Ass (p), Ordeieston '1247–8ib , Ordeyston '1284ib , Ordeston alias Odston 1661PubLib , Odstone 1848PubLibDoc , 'Ordhēah's farm', v. tūn .