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.

Cliston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blackawton

Historical Forms

  • Clerkeston 1311 Ass 1333 SR
  • Clerkyston 1330 SR
  • Clyston 1516 BM

Etymology

This name is identical with Cliston supra 167. The meaning must be 'farm of the cleric or priest or of a man named Clerke .' For the modern form, cf. Ditsworthy supra 239.