Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Turstanetone 1086 DB

• Thurstantona 1119–28(p),14 Chest

• Thurstanton 1119–28 e13 Plea 1315 Chest 1250–78

• Thurstanton 1621 Orm2 1656

• Thurstanton in Wyrhale 1392 Cl

• Thurstonton, Firstonton or Thurstonton 1569 Sheaf

• Turtaniston 1119–28 Orm2ii503 1154–89 18

• Turstaniston 1120 NotCestr 1724

• Thurstaneston 1121–9 Chest

• Thurstanston 1579 Dugd 1819 Orm2

• Thrustanston 1351 BPR

• Tursteineston(e) (lit. Turstemeston(e)) 1121–9 (1280) Ch, Chest

• Tursteineston 1202–29 AddCh c.1220 Sheaf

• Thorstanton 1202–16 Orm2 16

• Thorstanistona 1216–30 JRC

• Thorstanston 1281 Sheaf 18

• Thorstoniston 1278 ChFor

• Tursteinton 1223 ClR

• Thrustington c.1536 Leland

• Thurstinton 1615 Sheaf

• Thurstington 1621 Orm2 1656 Sheaf 1670,1673,1727

• Thirstynton 1539–47 Dugd

• Thursaston 1546 Dugd

• Thurstestan 1549 Sheaf

• Thurstaston 1553 Orm2 1579 Dugd 1646 Sheaf

• Thurstaston Hall 1724 NotCestr

• Firstonton or Thurstonton 1569 Sheaf

Etymology

'Þorsteinn's farmstead', from tún or tūn and the ON  pers.n. Þorsteinn (anglicized Thurstan ). The argument about the etymology 'Thor's-stone-ton', deriving from an outcrop of sandstone on Thurstaston Common, belongs to pseudo-folklore. That etymology is incorrect, cf. Orm2 ii511, Sheaf3 3 (467 and 475), 16 (3893 and p.31), N & Q 5th ser., VIII 364, 6th ser., III 30.