Barston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Barston
Historical Forms
- Bercestone, Bertanestone 1086 DB
- Berestanestona 1185 Templars
- Berstan(e)ston 1199 ClR 1221,1232,1285 Ass 1327 SR
- Berstonestun 13th ADi
- Berstaston 1332 SR
- Berstone 1332 ADi 1397 Cl 1436 IpmR 1500 KnowleG
- Barston 1462 ib
- Barson c.1600 Shakespeare,HyIV,Partii.
Etymology
Probably 'Beorhtstān 's farm,' v. tun . Beornstān is just possible, but we should have expected some forms in Bur -. Dugdale (719) noted that the name “doubtless originally grew from some antient owner of it in the Saxons time.”