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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Alstone

Historical Forms

  • Ælfsigestun 969 BCS1233 1046–60 KCD805 11th
  • Helsistona 1183 AC
  • Alsiston 1221 1300 Wigorn
  • Alseston 1240 WoP 1349 CompR
  • Aleston 1255 Ass
  • Alston 1535 VE 1649 Surv
  • Auls(t)on 17th Wills 1763 Bowen

Etymology

'Farm of Aelfsige ,' v. tun . So also Alston (So), Alciston (Sx).

Places in the same Parish

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