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.

Alstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradley

Historical Forms

  • Aluerdestone 1086 DB
  • Aluerdeston' 1194 P
  • Aluredestona 1197to1200 P
  • Aluredeston' 1199 Ass 1199to1200 P 1218 Add 1227 CoramR 1241to1256 MRA
  • Alvredeston' 13th ChetwyndCh
  • Alfredeston' 14th RontonCh
  • Alurestona 1221 Bracton
  • Alureston 1267 For 1332 SR
  • Alvereston 1272 Ipm 1324 FF
  • Alvireston' 1267 Ch
  • Alverston 1293 Ass
  • Alveston' 1280 Misc
  • Alreston' 1394,1438 FF 1472 Ct
  • Ailston 1518–29 ECP
  • Aluston 1610 Speed
  • Alston 1370 Ipm 1540,1572 FF 1834 O
  • Alson 1586 FF
  • Alstone 1302 GDR 1680 GKNB 1880 Kelly

Etymology

'The farmstead of Ælfrēd ', v. tūn .