Aston Clinton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Aston Clinton
Historical Forms
- Estone 1086 DB Ri P 1414
- Aston Clinton 1237–40 Fees
- Eston et Clynton 1244 Fees
- Aston 1247 Ass
- Astonclyngton 1342 Ipm
- Asen 1675 Ogilby
- Arston Clinton 1702 BucklandTerr
- Eston in 1208 (Fees 20)
Etymology
'East farm,' the distinctive second name being derived from the Clinton family, of whom Willelmus de Clinton held Eston in 1208 (Fees 20). This seems the correct explanation though the entry Eston et Clynton given above is difficult to account for and that in Ass (1262) 'venit apud Weston et Clynton' and 'i virg. tre. in Weston et Clinton,' which look as if there was a hamlet of Clinton as well as Aston. The Weston is Weston Turville and Weston and Aston must be so called in contrast to one another.
The connexion of the family of Clinton with this place is carried back to the 12th cent. by an entry in the Pipe Roll of 1196 touching 'Eston Willelmi de Clinton' (Fowler, Calendar of Pipe Rolls , Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. vii. 119).